Bulk Print and PDF Export
How to bulk print and export borehole reports as PDF, PNG, DXF, and EMF files in GeoDin
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:
Export pages as a contiguous PDF — all boreholes in one file
Export pages as individual PDFs — one file per page
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.
Reference: Print and report settings
The following reference content is from legacy product documentation. Verify against the current version of GeoDin.
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.
Ensure all layouts in a report sequence have the same format (e.g., A4 portrait), as most printers cannot handle mixed page sizes in one print job.
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:
$ZCOORDE$ <=50Second 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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