7 AutoVue for Agile Administration Tasks

This chapter describes the administration tasks you can perform within AutoVue for Agile. For more details on file formats and specific settings, see AutoVue's Viewing Configuration Guide.

Note: For information about Agile PLM Administrator settings related to AutoVue for Agile, see Agile PLM Administrator Guide, "Viewer and Files" chapter.

Note: For more information about the AutoVue for Agile Server, including where to find additional AutoVue documentation, see the appropriate Agile installation guide for your Agile PLM system; refer to the chapter about configuring the AutoVue for Agile Server.

7.1 Setting the Print Options

Some file formats require configuring specific print settings to print properly. In general, you can change these settings for all users or for individual users:

• To change the print settings for all users, you need to modify some of the parameters in the AVS\bin\allusers.ini file.

• To change the print settings for individual users, you need to modify some of the parameters in each user's .ini file under AVS\bin\profiles.

Caution: When you modify options in the allusers.ini file, the existing user profiles are not automatically modified. Because editing every individual user profile is impractical, in the procedures below you are instructed to delete the existing user profiles when you modify allusers.ini. The next time a user opens AutoVue for Agile , a new user profile is created which includes the new allusers.ini options settings. You may want to notify your users in advance to let them know that their user profiles will be reset.

To change the way that the watermark, border, and header (banner) appear when printed, you will need to modify the following .ini file parameters:

• [OPTIONS] - HPBACKGROUND, KEEPORIGINALCOLORS, and SWSHOWVIEWPORTBORDER

• [PRINTWATERMARK] - FONTNAME, FONTSIZE, ORIENTATION, and FONTSTYLE

• [PRINTHEADERS] - FONTNAME, FONTSIZE, ORIENTATION, and FONTSTYLE

The following sections describe the procedures for printing watermarks and borders, and for modifying the headers and watermarks.

7.1.1 Printing Watermarks in .hpg and .plt Files

To print watermarks correctly in .hpg and .plt files, set the background color correctly.

Note: If the watermark image or the color used in the watermark image is not transparent, the watermark will not be visible.

To set the background color:

1. Shut down the AutoVue server.

2. On the drive where the AutoVue for Agile Server is installed, find the AVS\bin\Profiles folder.

3. Delete all the user profiles in this folder (Example: John Smith.ini).

4. Edit the allusers.ini file (AVS\bin\allusers.ini).

5. In the [OPTIONS] section, add or update the following two lines:

   HPBACKGROUND = 0

   KEEPORIGINALCOLORS = 1

7.1.2 Printing Viewport Borders in SolidWorks Files

To print viewport borders correctly in SolidWorks files, enable the viewing/printing of viewport borders.

To enable the option:

1. Shut down the AutoVue server.

2. On the drive where the AutoVue for Agile Server is installed, find the AVS\bin\Profiles folder.

3. Delete all the user profiles in this folder (Example: John Smith.ini).

4. Edit the allusers.ini file (AVS\bin\allusers.ini).

5. In the [OPTIONS] section, add or update the following line:

   SWSHOWVIEWPORTBORDER = 1

7.1.3 Modifying the Header and Watermark Font Settings

Note: The watermark may be truncated if the font size is too large or if there are too many characters in the watermark text. Truncation ensures that the watermark does not distort the image.

To set the watermark font size:

1. Shut down the AutoVue server.

2. On the drive where the AutoVue for Agile Server is installed, find the AVS\bin\Profiles folder.

3. Delete all the user profiles in this folder (Example: John Smith.ini).

4. Edit the allusers.ini file (AVS\bin\allusers.ini).

5. In the [PRINTHEADERS] section and in the [PRINTWATERMAK] section, update the lines for Fontname, Fontsize, Orientation, and Fontstyle. For example:

   FONTNAME = Serif

   FONTSIZE = 24

   ORIENTATION = 1

   FONTSTYLE = 2

Note: ORIENTATION can be specified as 1 (portrait) or 2 (landscape).

7.2 Adding Fonts

To ensure that specific fonts are recognized by AutoVue for Agile, you can add the font path to the allusers.ini configuration file.

To add fonts:

1. Shut down the AutoVue server.

2. On the drive where the AutoVue for Agile Server is installed, find the AVS\bin\Profiles folder.

3. Delete all the user profiles in this folder (Example: John Smith.ini).

4. Edit the allusers.ini file (AVS\bin\allusers.ini).

5. In the [OPTIONS] section, update the following line:

   XFONTPATHS = {paths}

6. Add the full paths of the font files to the line. Separate the paths with a semicolon.

7. Save the allusers.ini file.

8. Clear your web browser's cache.

9. Restart the AutoVue server.

7.3 Viewing Excel Files

When viewing Excel files in AutoVue for Agile, the number of pages listed in the viewer status bar is the number of Excel worksheets. The AutoVue for Agile menu command View > Page selects a different Excel worksheet to view.