Sort PDFs by Page Dimensions

[msubsltd]

Hi,

I have a few thousand engineering drawings in PDF format and I'm looking for a method of sorting these according to page dimensions. I have A4, A3 and A2 drawing sizes, and I want to process these with a selection of Actions to modify certain parts of each drawing.

I've got Acrobat Pro, and I've got as far as using Preflight to check an individual document - what I need is a batch process method to chew through the whole collection.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks,

Paul

[try67]

This is not as trivial as it might seem. Some of the issues involved with this:

- A PDF file can contain pages of multiple sizes.

- A page in a PDF file has multiple boxes in it (Crop, Trim, Bleed, Art, Media and BBox), and each one could have different dimensions (slightly or not) from the others.

- A script in Acrobat can't move files, only save a copy under a new folder.

[msubsltd]

Hi,

Each PDF drawing has one or more sheets, but they will all be the same size, there's no mixing of page sizes in any file.

Saving a new copy to folder depending on page size would be fine.

Thanks,

Paul

[try67]

Then you can use something like this, as a part of an Action, and run it on your files.

Adjust the folder paths as needed, of course, but keep the same syntax I used:

var pageBox = this.getPageBox("Crop", 0);
var pageWidth = ((pageBox[2]-pageBox[0])/72).toFixed(2);
var pageHeight = ((pageBox[1]-pageBox[3])/72).toFixed(2);

if (pageWidth==8.3 && pageHeight==11.7) {
	this.saveAs("/C/SortedPDFs/A4/" + this.documentFileName);
} else if (pageWidth==11.7 && pageHeight==16.5) {
	this.saveAs("/C/SortedPDFs/A3/" + this.documentFileName);
} else if (pageWidth==16.5 && pageHeight==23.4) {
	this.saveAs("/C/SortedPDFs/A2/" + this.documentFileName);
}

[JR Boulay · Accepted solution]

It is easy to do this with a Preflight profile used in an Action.
The advantage is that preflight profiles allow you to define a tolerance, as page dimensions are never exact.

That's how I usually sort between 6 sizes: A4, A3 and US Letter, in portrait and landscape.

[msubsltd]

JR, try67 - apologies for not replaying sooner, got distracted by another thing.

Many thanks for your help, I know have a working solution.

Cheers,

Paul

[Дмитрий378534457ytb]

Hi!

Could you tell what solution do you have fot sort PDF drawings. I  have the same problem

Thanks!

[try67]

What are "PDF drawings" and how are they different from regular pages in a PDF file?