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Under Name containing the list of drawings, select one or more drawings.

Use the SHIFT or CTRL key to select multiple drawings.

Click File > Save As.

On the Save As dialog box, do one of the following:

• For a single drawing, in the File path field, type the path where you want to save the files, or click Browse to open the File Name and Path window to navigate to the desired path.

• For multiple drawings, in the Folder path field, type the path to an existing folder where you want to save the files, or click Browse to open the Browse for Folder dialog box to navigate to the desired folder.

From the Save as type list, select one of the following formats:

• AutoCAD (*.dwg and *.dxf)

• MicroStation (*.dgn)

• PDF (*.pdf)

• ISO 15926 (*.xml)

  

• The value of the Override Layers on Export attribute in the pidacad.ini file affects the output when saving a file as AutoCAD. If symbols are exported as blocks (when the value of the Dissolve Symbol to Groups attribute is set to 0), you must specify a value of 2 or 3 for the Override Layers on Export attribute to ensure that the blocks are exported to the correct AutoCAD layer. For full details of the Override Layers on Export attribute, see Configuration File Settings for AutoCAD Translation.

• The ISO 15926 (*.xml) format is available only if you have a valid license ID and you have run a procedure that activates this option. For details, see Enable Save As XML.

• Text boxes on drawings that are saved as AutoCAD drawings display a border if the fill color Blank is selected in the Text Block Properties. To remove the border around text boxes in translated AutoCAD drawings, modify the P&ID symbol in Catalog Manager and set the Text Block Properties fill color to None.

When saving to AutoCAD or MicroStation, to use a display set to filter the layers to which the drawing items are sent, do the following:

1. Under Save filter, click Apply display set.

2. Beside the Active display set field, click Browse to open the Apply Display Set dialog box.

3. Select a display set.

   

• When saving to AutoCAD or MicroStation, the software checks the ExportLayer.xlsx file and if it finds a reference to a filter that does not exist in the reference data, a Filters Not Found dialog box is displayed showing a list of missing filters. When you click Exit to dismiss the dialog box, the save as process stops.

• When saving to AutoCAD or MicroStation using a display set, the software uses the ExportLayer.xlsx file only for filtering items that do not meet any of the display set filter criteria and for which the Color value of filtered or background items is not None.

• The dependent behavior of drawing items on the color value of display sets is as follows:

  Color Value	Effect on Filtered Items	Effect on Background Items
  Specific color	Layer is created with name of display set filter and filtered items go to that layer with the color specified by the display set filter. If Override Layers on Export = 2 in the pidacad.ini or pidmstn.ini file, the color from the seed file overrides the display set filter color for the particular layer.	Items are mapped according to filters in the ExportLayer.xlsx file. Colors specified by the display set filter are ignored for items mapped to layers that appear in ExportLayer.xlsx, and the colors of those items are assigned according to the Override Layers on Export setting. Items sent to the Default layer are assigned the background items color from the display set.
  Default	Layer is created with name of display set filter and filtered items go to that layer with the default color specified in Options Manager. If Override Layers on Export = 2, the color from the seed file overrides the default color for the particular layer.	Items are mapped according to filters in the ExportLayer.xlsx file. Color is assigned according to Override Layers on Export setting.
  None	Items are sent to the HiddenObjects layer and the ExportLayer.xlsx file settings are ignored.	Items are sent to the HiddenObjects layer and the ExportLayer.xlsx file settings are ignored.

• When exporting to AutoCAD, extra layers such as ConsistencyChecks, HeatTrace, HiddenObjects, Labels, and others may be created on your AutoCAD drawing. To delete one of these layers, you must add a row to the ExportLayer.xlsx file and enter the name of the layer in the Filter column and the value -9999 in the Layer column as shown:

  

• For a display set that contains one or more asking filters, on clicking OK in the Save As dialog box, the Asking Filters dialog box opens with the default values for each asking filter, allowing you to change the operators and values of each asking filter's attributes for the selected drawings, if desired.

  

When saving as PDF, click PDF Settings to open the PDF Settings dialog box, where you can specify the resolution, color mode, JPEG compression, and whether or not to include inconsistency markers in the output.