# Bulk Print and PDF Export

GeoDin allows you to print or export reports for multiple boreholes at once, eliminating the need to process each borehole individually.

## Bulk printing workflow

To bulk print, select multiple objects in the object manager (Ctrl-click or Shift-click), open a layout, and use **Print Preview** to choose an export mode. GeoDin handles hundreds of boreholes in a single operation.

**Three bulk export modes are available:**

1. **Export pages as a contiguous PDF** — all boreholes in one file
2. **Export pages as individual PDFs** — one file per page
3. **Export pages as PDF per object** — one file per borehole (if a borehole spans multiple pages, all pages are included in that file)

**Print targets:** Any system printer (PDF printer, Microsoft Print to PDF, etc.) OR GeoDin's internal PDF printer, which supports PDF, PNG (raster), vector files (EMF), and DXF export.

## Print preview

The **Print Preview** button activates the preview view of a layout with connected data. For multi-page boreholes, use the page navigation arrows (next/previous) to browse pages.

The **Layer Overview** button (lower-left corner) opens the overview of layout layers and drawing elements. Layers can be toggled visible/invisible and reordered (front/back). The **Edit Graphics** button (also lower-left) opens a new blank layout in edit mode for creating or modifying layouts.

For tabular data exports (Excel, CSV, AGS), see [Export](/exporting-data/export.md).

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## Reference: Print and report settings

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### Fill pattern scaling

In the standard setting, areas are filled with patterns whose dimensions are defined by the pattern itself. In very small areas, a pattern (e.g., a single gravel symbol) may be too large, leaving the area filled only with the background color. With **Automatic scaling** enabled, the pattern is reduced to fit small areas, making them recognizable. Note that this can cause the same symbol to appear in different sizes across a graphic.

### Page print numbers

Page print numbers allow numbering independent of the layout's internal page sequence — useful for reports with appendices. The layout must contain a variable text element with the macro `$%PRNPAGE$`. Change the "Start with page print number" value to offset numbering (e.g., set to 26 to continue from a 25-page report).

### Report sequences

Reports can automate the printout of several layouts in a predefined sequence, such as documenting a borehole with a master data sheet, geological representation, and support plan.

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Access a layout list (`.GLC` file) via the **Available Layouts** node. In the print preview, you can:

* Toggle between colour and black-and-white output
* Zoom in/out on the preview
* Select which pages to print (all or a subset)
* Sort the preview by layout or object name
* Export to contiguous PDF, individual PDFs, PDF per object, PNG, or EMF

### Layout overview conditions

In the layout overview, you can set conditions to filter which objects are printed. For example, to create separate layouts for boreholes up to 50 m and deeper boreholes:

* First layout condition: `$ZCOORDE$ <=50`
* Second layout condition: `$ZCOORDE$ >50`

When you select a query or group with one of these layouts, only objects matching the condition are printed. Use the `<Build>` button to construct conditions using available table fields via the text macro dialogue.

### Scale settings for site plans

Define the scale of a site plan by entering a scale ratio (the paper size is calculated from corner coordinates), or by entering width and height (the required scale is calculated). Use the "Round scale to" field to pre-define usable scales (e.g., `1,2,5` produces scales of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, ...).


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