Pages
Exporting your work as PDF or images.
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Exporting your work as PDF or images.
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Pages can be found both in the Page panel or at the top of the Layer panel.
A page is how you export what is on your canvas as a PDF or images. Thanks to pages, you can turn drawings into proper document sets.
Pages behave like layers; as with layers:
Pages can get Locked/Unlocked.
Pages can be Shown/Hidden.
Pages can be set as active
Pages can host elements; if it is the case, the hosted elements will move as the page gets moved. Note that hosted elements will only be exported to the page they are hosted on.
Additionally, pages have specific properties:
They have an orientation
They have a format
They have a paper size
They have a scale
Pages have a background color, when working in a paper canvas.
You can create a new page by choosing the Page command (PP) in the Layout menu of the toolbar.
The page can either be used in...
Insertion mode: the page is set to a given format and scale and can be inserted as is on the canvas.
Drawing mode: the page can be freely drawn on the canvas.
In the video below, we demonstrate both modes....
Alternatively, pages can be created by clicking on the + button either in the Page or Layer panel; this will make a page appear on your canvas.
Once created, a page can be edited further by...
Changing its size by choosing a page scale in the property panel.
Changing its format by choosing a page format in the property panel.
Changing its orientation by choosing a page orientation in the property panel.
Tip — Pages created in Model canvas or a paper canvas will be slightly different:
In a model canvas, a page will be a simple frame, fitted to the size of your screen. This allows for quick PDF exports.
In a paper canvas, a page will always have the size of a real sheet of paper (A4, A3, Letter, etc) and will have a background color. This allows you to build more realistic page layouts.
To create a PDF export, click on the Export button in the Page panel.
Once clicked, the export modal will open.
There, a few settings can be used, to export your page set: the document name, the format of the export (PDF/PNG), the range of pages to export, and the file size.
You can click on Export whenever you are ready to collect your document set.
Tip — a magnifier also allows inspecting the exported pages before completing the export.
As explained in our page about settings, line strokes' display on screen depends on the Line scale property. However, when you export your pages to PNG or PDF, the thickness of lines is affected by the properties of the page itself:
the page size (e.g. A4)
the page scale (e.g. 1:50)
Both are used to compute the exact thickness of lines on the exported document.
Although exporting from a model canvas is entirely possible, we advise you to create and export your page layouts from a paper canvas, where line thicknesses are displayed on screen at the same scale as they will appear on paper.
More on this topic in our page about canvases.
For more step-by-step information, watch our tutorial about how to use pages in Rayon:
Feel free to email us at support@rayon.so.
