BIMx and how to export the PDFs from a file?

[rob2218]

I have this BIMx file. it has connected, coordinated PDF set.
How do export the PDFs "FROM" the BIMx file and create a PDF set only?

[Barry Kelly]

As far as I know you can't.
The various BIMx viewers are just that - viewers not publishers.
I think the best you can do from BIMx is to go to the options and 'share'.
Then mail or save a screen shot, or directly print what you see on screen.

You will need to export the PDFs from the original Archicad file that created the BIMx file.

Barry.

[James B]

If you have the Pro version, it has AirPrint and the Google equivalent, so I guess you could try to print to PDF (like you would do from your computer). I haven't tried though.

[rob2218]

I have the PRO version and don't see any "Airprint" option so?......

I tried to "Airdrop" it to my IPAD Pro and it fails....file is 85mb....

Any other suggestions?

[rob2218]

bummer....

Barry wrote:
As far as I know you can't.
The various BIMx viewers are just that - viewers not publishers.
I think the best you can do from BIMx is to go to the options and 'share'.
Then mail or save a screen shot, or directly print what you see on screen.

You will need to export the PDFs from the original Archicad file that created the BIMx file.

Barry.

[Stress Co_]

Works for me.
It maybe that your printer isn't "AirPrint" compatible?

Airdropping PDF's from iPad to desktop works as well,
but you can only drop one PDF at a time (AFAIK).

[rob2218]

I guess I didn't state my question properly.
I have a BIMx file and I'm viewing it on my iphone.
I want to take the sheet contents out of that BIMx file and create/save/export them out to a single PDF set.....it doesn't do that.

[Stress Co_]

Stress wrote:
Works for me.

Correction:
I can AirPrint single sheets, but airdropping a "sheet" drops the entire BIMx file.

What I did previously was to copy a single sheet from BIMx on my iPad
and paste it into "notes" on my desktop (Apple's Universal Clipboard)

It imported as a .jpg, but I then exported as a PDF. A totally ridiculous workaround and not worth it.

Make a Wish.
It'd be great to have the option to export single & multi-page PDF file directly from BIMx.

[rob2218]

"Make a Wish.
It'd be great to have the option to export single & multi-page PDF file directly from BIMx."

Amen...let's hope Graphisoft is listening.

[Laszlo Nagy]

Link to the wish (by Marc Corney) where you can vote:

https://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=69603