Creating Output Media

Once output generators have been added and configured, you can create one or many types of output media including Print, Publish to PDF and File Generation which can each include a number of output generators.
The availability of output generators for selection is dependent on the type of output media chosen. For example, if you are creating a new Publish to PDF medium, the output generators which can be included in your PDF have their Enabled field visible, the ones that cannot be included have their Enabled field grayed out.

The following sections detail how to create and edit your Output Media.

Add New Output Medium

Select the Add New Output Medium option from the Output Media column. You can choose from the available printers for a Print medium, or choose to Publish to PDF or Generate Files. Your selection will depend on personal preference and the type of output generators you are publishing.

Figure 6 . Creating a new Output Medium
Once you have created your output medium, you can add output generators using one of the methods described below.

Drag and Drop

Drag and drop output generators onto the Add New Output Medium option in the Output Media column to create a new Output Medium. You can drag one output generator at a time or use standard multi-select features ( Ctrl + click or Shift + click ).

Figure 7. Creating a new Output Medium

Figure 8. Creating a new Output Medium based on your selection

Once you release your mouse on the Add New Output Medium option, a list of available media types will appear based on your selected output generator. In this case, a Schematic Print was selected so you can choose to create a Print Job or a PDF Publisher. If for instance you select a Bill of Materials and drag it onto Add New Output Medium , you will be presented with all of the output media types: Create Print Job, Create PDF Publisher and Create File Generator.

You may also choose to drag and drop your output generator onto an existing Output Medium as shown below.

Figure 9. Drag and drop single or multiple Output Generators onto an existing Output Medium.

Copy and Paste

Copy and paste output generators onto the Output Media column to create a new Output Medium. You can paste one or many output generators at a time. Your paste options are dependent on your selection, for example, if you copy a netlist, your paste option in the Output Media column will be Paste as File Generator .

Figure 10. Copy and paste single or multiple Output Generators onto Output Media column to create a new Output Medium.

Check the Enabled flag

Select your Output Medium and then check the Enabled flag for each of your desired output generators.

Figure 11. Check the Enabled flag to add one or many Output Generators to an existing Output Medium.
If the Enabled flag is not available, the output generator is not supported for your selected Output Medium.

Figure 12. Copy and paste existing Output Media

Copy and Paste Existing Output Media

You can copy and paste existing Output Media in the Output Media column. This is useful if you would like to have output media but with different printers, for example, one color and one black and white. You can also paste a PDF publisher as a print job and vice versa. You can copy and paste a File Generator as a different type of medium providing the generated outputs can also be printed or published to PDF.

Regardless of your chosen method to create and populate your Output Media, the result is the same. You will notice a green line linking output generators to your Output Medium, providing you with a quick visual reference.

Figure 13. A Print medium with a number of output generators selected.

You can configure the way your Output Media is produced, giving your greater control over your outputs. See Configuring Output Media (Output Job File) for more information.

Setting the Order of Outputs

You can set the order in which your outputs appear within each Output Medium. As you enable your outputs, they are numbered consecutively. If you remove one of the outputs from your Output Medium, the numbers are re-ordered accordingly. To change the order of your enabled outputs, double click on the number and select a number from the drop-down or alternatively, re-select each output in order.

Custom Names for your Output Media

You can create multiple Print, PDF and File Generation Output Media in the one OutJob file. To distinguish between them, you can specify a meaningful name in the Output Media column. Click once on your Output Medium to focus it, then click again (or press F2 ) to access in-place editing.

Figure 14 shows Output Media with custom names. Note that the button also displays the name of the Output Medium selected.

Figure 14. Output Media with custom names