Setting PDF Export Options

You can specify the export options when you export SOLIDWORKS documents as PDF files.

To specify the PDF export options:

  1. From the following options, select:
    Option Description
    Export PDF in color  
    Embed fonts The font definitions become part of the document, which increases file size but guarantees that the fonts are as defined in the original document.
    High-Quality Lines For drawings only. Shaded views specified in the drawing as draft quality are printed in high quality.
    High Quality Shaded Edges  
    Print header / footer  
    Use specified printer line weights (Files, Print, Line Weights) When cleared, the default printer line weights are used.
    Include layers set to not print  
    Include drawings paper color  
  2. Click OK.
  3. Print header/footer.
    When you create a task, you click Options in the task properties dialog box to change the options for that task only. To change the default option values, click View > Options > PDF .