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Creating custom page sizes for AutoCAD

 

Summary

How to create custom page sizes for AutoCAD

 

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Bluebeam Revu

The steps below will allow you to create custom page sizes for the different methods of creating files with Bluebeam. There are different steps depending on the version of Bluebeam Revu or Pushbutton Plus for AutoCAD that you are using.

 

 

Simplified instruction are available if you are using Bluebeam Revu Standard.

 

The PC3 files included with Bluebeam Revu and Pushbutton Plus have been created using the AutoCAD Plotter Configuration Editor. These PC3 files are used by the Bluebeam plug-in for AutoCAD. No files will be created if these files are selected in the AutoCAD Plot window.

 

Bluebeam PDF printer and AutoCAD plug-in using the Printer driver

Windows calls page sizes 'forms.' The procedure below adds a new form that will be available to the Bluebeam PDF printer, the Pushbutton plug-in for AutoCAD and the other printers installed in Windows.

 

Steps to add the form:

  1. Exit AutoCAD.

  2. Open the Bluebeam Administrator.

    • Click the Start button, All Programs, Bluebeam Software, and then Bluebeam Administrator.

  3. Clear the AutoCAD check box and click Apply.

  4. Click the Printer tab.

  5. Click Mange Pages and then click Add.

  6. Type the Form Name, select the Units, type the values for the Page Size.

  7. Click OK to save the changes.

  8. Click the Plug-ins tab.

  9. Fill the AutoCAD check box and click OK.

 

Notes: The Form must be defined with a portrait orientation. The values will be switched if he values are entered in landscape orientation. Windows stores all pages using inches. Use "MM" as the last characters in the form name and the Page Manager will always display the units in MM.Standard forms like Ledger, Legal, Letter and Tabloid can not be deleted because doing so would make that form unavailable to all printers installed on the computer.

 

AutoCAD plug-in using the Printer Driver

 

  1. Complete the steps described above in the Bluebeam PDF printer and AutoCAD plug-in using the Printer driver.

 

AutoCAD plug-in using the AutoCAD HDI (Heidi) Driver

 

  1. Exit AutoCAD.

  2. In Windows Explorer, browse to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Bluebeam Software\Pushbutton PDF\AutoCAD\PC3

  3. Double click on the appropriate .PC3 file (refer to the table below). The AutoCAD Plotter Configuration Editor will open.

  4. Click the Device and Documentation Settings tab.

  5. In the list, select Custom Paper Sizes.

  6. Click Add.

  7. Follow the Wizard prompts to define the paper size. (Do not change the default source.)

  8. Repeat to create additional paper sizes.

  9. Click OK.

  10. Restart AutoCAD. AutoCAD will take a few seconds longer to start as the page sizes are reloaded.

 

Note: It is recommended that you make a back up of the original PC3 and PMP files before making changes.

 

  • AutoCAD 2007 & above

    AutoCAD 2004 to 2006

    AutoCAD 2000i & 2002

    AutoCAD 2000

  • Bluebeam PS9 HighRes.pc3

    Bluebeam PS8 HighRes.pc3

    Bluebeam PS7 HighRes.pc3

    Bluebeam PS6 HighRes.pc3

 

AutoCAD plug-in outputting to DWF

 

  1. Exit AutoCAD.

  2. If you are using the AutoCAD plug-in with the Printer Driver follow the steps in the Bluebeam PDF printer and AutoCAD plug-in using the Printer Driver

      - or -

    If you are using the AutoCAD plug-in with the Heidi Driver follow the steps in the AutoCAD plug-in using the AutoCAD HDI (Heidi) Driver.

  3. In Windows Explorer, browse to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Bluebeam Software\Pushbutton PDF\AutoCAD\PC3

  4. Double click on the .PC3 file you want to edit (see the table below). The AutoCAD Plotter Configuration Editor will open.

  5. Click the Device and Documentation Settings tab.

  6. In the list, select Custom Paper Sizes.

  7. Click Add.

  8. Follow the Wizard prompts to define the paper size. (Do not change the default source.)

  9. Repeat to create additional paper sizes.

  10. Click OK.

  11. Restart AutoCAD.

 

Note: It is recommended that you make a back up of the original PC3 and PMP files before making changes.

 

  • AutoCAD 2007 & above

    AutoCAD 2004 to 2006

    AutoCAD 2000i & 2002

    AutoCAD 2000

  • Bluebeam DWF9.pc3

    Bluebeam DWF8.pc3

    Bluebeam DWF7.pc3

    Bluebeam DWF6.pc3

 

Pushbutton Plus for AutoCAD 3.0.0 to 3.1.0

The steps below will allow you to create custom page sizes for the three methods of creating files in Pushbutton Plus for AutoCAD and also for creating DWF files.

 

 

Notes: It is recommended that you make a back up of the original PC3 and PMP files before making changes. The PC3 files included with Pushbutton Plus have been created using the AutoCAD Plotter Configuration Editor. These PC3 files are used by the Bluebeam plug-in for AutoCAD. No files will be created if these files are selected in the AutoCAD Plot window.

 

Bluebeam PDF Printer

Steps to add the form:

 

Windows 2000

  1. Open Printers and Faxes, Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers.

  2. Select the Bluebeam PDF printer.

  3. On the File menu, click Server Properties.

  4. On the Forms tab, select the Create a New Form check box.

  5. In Form Description, type a new name.

  6. Under Measurements, type the dimensions you want for the form. Note: The Form must be defined with a portrait orientation.

  7. Click the Save Form button or click OK.

 

Windows XP

  1. Open Printer or Printers and Faxes, Click Start, then click Printers and Faxes.

  2. Select the Bluebeam PDF printer.

  3. On the File menu, click Server Properties.

  4. On the Forms tab, select the Create a New Form check box.

  5. In Form Name, type a new name.

  6. Under Form Description (Measurements), type the dimensions you want for the form. Note: The Form must be defined with a portrait orientation.

  7. Click the Save Form button or click OK.

 

AutoCAD plug-in using the Printer Driver

 

  1. Exit AutoCAD

  2. Complete the steps described above in the Bluebeam PDF Printer.

  3. In Windows Explorer, browse to C:\Program Files\Bluebeam Software\Pushbutton PDF\AutoCAD\PC3

  4. Double-click on the appropriate PC3 file for your version of AutoCAD (refer to the table below).

  5. Close the Plotter Configuration Editor. This will cause the Bluebeam PDF Printer.pmp file to update.

  6. Restart AutoCAD.

 

  • AutoCAD 2004 to 2006

    AutoCAD 2000i & 2002

    AutoCAD 2000

  • Bluebeam PDF8 Printer HighRes.pc3

    Bluebeam PDF7 Printer HighRes.pc3

    Bluebeam PDF6 Printer HighRes.pc3

 

AutoCAD plug-in using the AutoCAD HDI (Heidi) Driver

 

  1. Exit AutoCAD.

  2. In Windows Explorer, browse to C:\Program Files\Bluebeam Software\Pushbutton PDF\AutoCAD\PC3

  3. Double click on the appropriate .PC3 file (refer to the table below). The AutoCAD Plotter Configuration Editor will open.

  4. Click the Device and Documentation Settings tab.

  5. In the list, click Custom Paper Sizes.

  6. Click Add.

  7. Follow the Wizard prompts to define the paper size. (Do not change the default source.)

  8. Repeat to create additional paper sizes.

  9. Click OK.

  10. Restart AutoCAD. AutoCAD will take a few seconds longer to start as the page sizes are reloaded.

 

  • AutoCAD 2004 to 2006

    AutoCAD 2000i & 2002

    AutoCAD 2000

  • Bluebeam PS8 HighRes.pc3

    Bluebeam PS7 HighRes.pc3

    Bluebeam PS6 HighRes.pc3

 

AutoCAD plug-in outputting to DWF

 

  1. Exit AutoCAD.

  2. If you are using the AutoCAD plug-in with the Printer Driver:

      - or -

    If you are using the AutoCAD plug-in with the Heidi Driver:

  3. In Windows Explorer, browse to C:\Program Files\Bluebeam Software\Pushbutton PDF\AutoCAD\PC3

  4. Double click on the .PC3 file you want to edit (see the table below). The AutoCAD Plotter Configuration Editor will open.

  5. Click the Device and Documentation Settings tab.

  6. In the list, click Custom Paper Sizes.

  7. Click Add.

  8. Follow the Wizard prompts to define the paper size. (Do not change the default source.)

  9. Repeat to create additional paper sizes.

  10. Click OK.

  11. Restart AutoCAD.

 

  • AutoCAD 2004 to 2006

    AutoCAD 2000i & 2002

    AutoCAD 2000

  • Bluebeam DWF8.pc3

    Bluebeam DWF7.pc3

    Bluebeam DWF6.pc3

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