(no) Batch Print
- Tom Wyczółkowski
- Martin SWG (Unlicensed)
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Batch print uses quick print logic but for multiple documents.
Select documents to print
To print multiple documents at once, select them by suing check box column in the Grid View.
Then above grid Print button will display selected documents count. Click on it to start printing.
Please note that to activate Batch Print button you must select documents that actually have content (so selecting, for instance Rooms, will not activate this button/function.
To check status of your batch printouts click on Print Jobs buttons:
Possible print job statuses:
- printing in progress
- print finished successfully
- Finished with Errors - some documents were not printed due to some error (check zip file for report file)
- print failed
When printing job is finished, click on button to download zip files containing you PDFs. PDFs printouts are created using default print template.
Please note that printing many documents may take longer time. During printing you can work normally with HDC.
Notification system will inform you about finished printing.
Template selection
The Print button includes a drop-down menu for selecting paper format, orientation and template.
This setting is saved as a user specific parameter and will be also used for batch print from object set.
By using "Reset to default" button a user assigned system default template will be set.
Print only background drawing
Additional option "Print only background" was added to batch print settings. When checked, only background drawings of selected documents will be printed. Vector elements will not be included in printout.
Scale value and print format based on document's metadata
It is possible now to print multiply documents using Batch Print that will use different print template and Scale value per each document based on object's metadata.
If you have proper configuration done by you Administrator, specific fields in object's metadata will decide on printout template and scale.
In situation from below screen, each of the printed drawings will use field Print Format to set specific print template (based on assigned template to chosen format).
Based on Print Scale field, printout will set Scale from the field to Main Viewport of the printout drawing (Viewport1).
Batch Print Settings menu is not needed at all unless you want to force printouts to ignore metadata settings - in that case use Force given setting checkbox - then all printouts will use chosen template.
When PrintFormat metadata is not given but Scale value is correctly set in proper field then it will be still used for template set in Bach Print Settings.
Configuration
New System Dictionary PrintFormats (ID-1) was added and will be visible on dictionaries list - it will consist of all print formats in database.
Create new Configuration draft and in Configuration/Object Classes add new field or edit existing field to use Dictionary: PrintFormats.
Choose in same manner field for setting scale of printouts - dictionary with scales should be used.
Each class will now have Print tab, open it to choose Scale field and Format field. From those fields, values will be taken and used to set print template and scale.
Activate new configuration.
Go to Printing/Formats and assign for each needed print format, desired print template (click on cell under Print Template column to open menu list).
Note: available list of templates is taken from print template set list - if desired template is not on a dropdown list, please add it to template set that your are assign to.
During Batch print if proper metadata is set Scale Mode of Viewport PRINTVPT-1 will be forced to ScaleMode = Scale View regardless of print template settings.
Other Viewports will not be modified.
Print (highlight) selected Spots
A function to control ad-hoc elements highlight on printout is available in all print modes.
To highlight selected elements, select some spots on the drawing (Use Ctrl + click to select multiple spots):
On the Print menu, there is a Spot highlight button. When enabled, all print and copy view functions will highlight the selection. This function has no effect on spot highlight in standard view mode.
Open a Print Preview mode and observe the Spots button. You can toggle the highlight while in preview mode and observe the effect on the drawing, in all Viewports.
Note: the style used for highlighting spots in this mode can be set in system settings. Go to Administration - System Settings - HOPA and select proper Tool for spot highlight.