Adobe 22020737 Acrobat X Pro Manual - Page 72

USING ACROBAT X PRO 66 Creating PDFs Select AutoCAD layers to convert If you choose to retain all or some AutoCAD layers when converting to PDF, you can specify which layers are preserved in the PDF. 1 In AutoCAD, start to convert an AutoCAD file and select the Retain All Or Some Layers option. 2 To show specific AutoCAD layers in the Layers In Drawing list, do any of the following: • Choose an option from the Named Layer Filters menu to list all layers that fit that criterion. • Select the Invert option to list all layers except those layers that are described by the selected choice in the Named Layer Filters menu. • To change the sort order of the layers, click the headings. Note: To change the On, Frozen, or Plot properties for a layer, click Cancel, change the properties in the AutoCAD drawing, and restart the procedure. 3 To select the AutoCAD layers to convert, do any of the following: • Choose a previously saved set of layers from the PDF Layer Settings menu. • Select one or more layers from the Layers In Drawing List. • To convert all of the layers in the drawing, click Add All Layers, and go to step 5. 4 To add the selected AutoCAD layers to the Layers In PDF list, do one of the following: • To convert the selected AutoCAD layers to individual layers within a PDF layer set, click Create Layer Set. This action creates a folder of layers in the Layers navigation pane in Acrobat. • To convert the selected AutoCAD layers to individual layers, click Add Layer(s). 5 Optionally, do any of the following in the Layers In PDF list: • To reorder layers, drag an item up or down in the list. • To include a visibility property that can be switched on or off in Acrobat, deselect Locked On for the PDF layer. To lock the resulting PDF layer's visibility on, select Locked On. • To save the current list of selected AutoCAD layers, click Add PDF Setting. Later, you can retrieve this list from the PDF Layer Settings menu. 6 Click Convert, specify a filename and location, and then click Save. Convert AutoCAD files in batches 1 Choose Adobe PDF > Batch Conversion. 2 Specify your preferences for layers, page size, plot style, and output PDFs. Click Conversion Settings to specify the Acrobat PDFMaker settings. 3 In the DWG List, do any of the following: • Click Add Folder or Add Files, and then specify the folder or files. • To load a previously saved list of files, click Append List, and then specify the list. • As needed, expand individual files and select or deselect the items you want, such as model space and layouts. To exclude or include all model space, click the associated buttons. • To exclude a file from the conversion, deselect the file box. As needed, select or deselect all of the files in the list, change the order of the files, remove files, or clear the list. • To show the complete file paths, select Expand File Name(s). Last updated 10/11/2011