In SimpliPlan, users can print in both a room plan and the tiling plan in a variety of sizes and formats to send to their customers.
Note: The print function in the program creates a PDF file, which can then be printed, emailed or saved to a cloud storage space, a USB flash drive, or an external hard drive.
In any mode:
- Click the Print planning icon:
- In the Create PDF file window, select the desired options for the PDF file.
Note: Click Show print preview to open the Print preview editor. For more information, see How to use the print preview editor. - Click the Create PDF file icon:
- In The PDF-file was created dialogue box, click the Open file button to open the PDF file.
Note: Users can also click the Open storage location button to open the file location on their device, or click the red X button to close the dialogue box.
Create PDF file
In the Create PDF file window, users can:
- Click the Landscape or Portrait icons to choose the Orientation of the PDF file.
- Click the Paper size field to select the size of the PDF file.
- Click the Scale field to select the scale of the plan or tile layout as it appears in the PDF file.
- Click the Quality field to the select the DPI (dots per inch) of the plan or tile layout as it appears in the PDF file.
Note: Selecting a higher DPI will increase the size of the PDF file. - Click the Templates field to select the layout of the PDF file.
- The Number of pages field displays the number of pages the PDF file will have.
- Under the Standard tab, users can select a number of views to display in the PDF file, such as bird's-eye views, wall views and the parts list.
Note: Users can also select views they have created. For more information, see Create your own views. - Under the Tiling plan tab, users can select a a number of views to display in the PDF file, such as wall views and the tiles list.
Note: Selecting the Tiling plan tab also makes the Tiling start switch available.
Note: Users can only select either the Standard tab or Tiling plan tab.
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