I see this in manifold manual and it might help Export Layout - PDFExport a print Layout to a PDF file. PDF is Portable Document Format, read by Adobe Acrobat Reader and other applications. To export a layout to a PDF file: 1. Create the layout and open it. 2. Choose File - Export - Image. 3. In the Export dialog, browse to the folder in which the file is to be saved, choose a filename and in the Save as type box choose PDF file format. Press Save. 4. In the subsequent dialog, choose options desired and press OK. Options for PDF export Pixel resolution Used to save images and surfaces that are in the layout. Resolution must be greater than 1 DPI and less than 7200 DPI. Default is 72 DPI. Vector resolution Used to save drawings and labels as well as layout elements such as text or horizontal and vertical lines. Resolution must be greater than 1 DPI and less than 7200 DPI. Default is 300 DPI. If saving for subsequent work in some other program before printing choose a Vector resolution setting that is the same as the resolution of the printer that will be used. If printing to a 600 DPI printer, for example, use 600 DPI. Pages Export only specified pages from a multipage layout. Compress output Use a compression algorithm to save space. Convert text to vector shapes When turned on (default), text elements are converted to vector shapes. When off, text elements will be exported as text but will use the system font (Helvetica) instead of the original font. Using vector shapes results in a larger file but one that is faithful to the appearance of fonts originally used. Use layers Use .pdf layers. Use transparency Enable transparency to correctly render transparent colors. Ignore Styles Export the image using default point, line, area and label styles. The Ignore styles checkbox is an advanced option that forces Manifold to use default styles for exported objects. This can be useful when exporting for later use in vector-style graphics editors such as Illustrator because the default styles produce a relatively small number of simple vector objects per Manifold entity. In contrast, more complex styles available in Manifold can produce five to ten relatively complex vector objects per point. If the person operating Illustrator prefers to work with simple objects check this box. Default Resolutions for Export Screen resolution is normally 96 DPI on most monitors. The default resolution for layout exports is set to 72 DPI because at 72 DPI one point is one pixel. For example, at 72 DPI an 8 pt Tahoma font will be 8 pixels wide.
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