Layout Output

Instructions for use

Support the output of the finished Layout Output into common image formats (such as JPG File, PNG File, Bitmap File, TIFF, etc.) and PDF file formats, which is convenient for application in other environments.

Function entrance

  • Layout tab-> Output group, click the corresponding Function Button according to the user's output requirements.
  • Click the right mouse button in Layout, and click the corresponding output Function Button as required in the pop-up Context Menu.

Operating instructions

Export as Image

  1. In the current Layout, after the layout is completed as required, right-click and select Export as Image.. "Options to pop up the Export layout to image" dialog box.
  2. The user can set the properties of Output Image in this dialog box, including the name of the output image, image type, Save path, DPI, and whether to output in pages.

    File Name: Click the button on the right and Select the location, name and format of the picture to be saved in the pop-up dialog box. Save Path defaults to the path previously set.

    Resolution: You can set the Output Image resolution in the text box to the right of the Resolution tab of the Export as Image "dialog box. Default: 96, unit: DPI.

    Multiple Pages: Check the paging option, and plot according to the Paper SizeMultiple Pages set by the printer, otherwise, plot according to the set layout Paper Size.

    The Paper Size of the

    printer is set to be smaller than Paper Size of the layout page. When Multiple Pages is set, the layout will be divided into several pages according to the Paper Size of the printer and numbered clockwise, as shown in the following figure. The layout is divided into four Fixed Size pages. The name of the Output Image is followed by the corresponding page number of the page.

    Multiple Pages preview
  3. After setting, click "OK".

Output to PDF

Support Export layout to PDF, Export layout to PDF, all contents of the current layout page will be output, and will be output according to the layout under 100% Display Status. This function has the same content as the Map Export to PDF ". Please refer to the Map Export to PDF for precautions.

  1. Click the Export to PDF button in the Layout tab, and the Export to PDF File dialog box pops up.
  2. Set " File Name" and " DPI (i.e., resolution of exported paper)" in the dialog box.
Caution:
    The
  • output image range is all the contents in the current Layout, including the map, compass and other layout elements drawn in the current layout page, as well as the paper at the bottom of the layout element and the filling of the Layout.
  • The user can set Parameters in the "Page Setup" group and "Layout Properties", modify the default paper Background and Layout Background, and set whether to Show Grid and the grid interval.
  • If the map is set to the maximum and minimum Display Scale, when different DPI plotting is set, the map Visible Bounds of Recalculate may exceed the frame range of the current layout, resulting in the layer not being displayed.
  • If the current machine lacks the Font File used for the text effect in the layout, the text effect in Export to PDF may differ from the text effect in the layout. For example, if the text uses the Microsoft YaHei font and is set to bold and italic, the current machine should have both the Microsoft YaHei bold font library and the Microsoft YaHei italic font library file.
  • If there is a deviation between the text position in the output PDF and the layout, you can adjust the DPI parameter value of Export to PDF. The larger the value, the higher the position accuracy.

Related topics

Set Layout

Set up the layout page