Customized Images and PDF for Derived Output

The user can control the various aspects of the image derived output files such as the fitview option on the generated image or the layout of the generated pdf.

The GCO attribute IEF-CSEDerivedOutputOptions should be used for this purpose. This attribute is installed by Connector for AutoCAD Server.

The default value of this attribute is blank.

The following is the format for the value of attribute IEF-CSEDerivedOutputOptions, which can be specified in the AutoCADInteg-GlobalConfig Object in order to generate image_jpg, dxf, acis, stl and pdf derived outputs with specific layout.

<FitView>|<FitToPaperForlayout>

The following table shows the purpose and values of each option:

Value

Purpose

Format

Possible Values

Default Value

<FitView>

This is applicable for image_jpg ,dxf , acis and stl formats only. It determines whether these deribed outputs must be generated in the fitview format or not.

Boolean string

true: Fitview on checkin

false: No change. Fitview not applied.

false

<FitToPaperForlayout>

Determines the layout of the generated pdf derived output.

Boolean string

true: All the PDFs will be generated with plot area as "Extend", plot type as "Fit to Paper", plot offset as "Center the plot" and will be generated only for Layout sheets and not for Model sheet.

false: normal PDF is generated without applying specific plot settings. PDF is generated for Model sheet aslo.

false

Only one value can be selected out of the possible values.

<FitView> applies to image_jpg, dxf, acis and stl formats only.

<FitToPaperForlayout> will apply to derived outputs of "pdf" format only.

Note that, if no value is specified for <FitToPaperForlayout>, then it is treated as false by default.

In the generated files of "pdf" format, all layouts will be sequenced in ascending order on the basis of "Layout names" as per the English locale.

Please note that this is not controlled by any GCO attribute.