Get started
Last modified by Casper Egholm Hougaard on 2025/11/21 09:09
To get started, install PREFAB and a compatible PDF viewer.
Install PREFAB
PREFAB is installed through the StruSoft Installer. You can find it under the FEM-Design tab. Get the installer here.
PDF Viewers
Hence the interactive features of the PDF, it's not compatible with all PDF viewers.:
| Viewer | Interactive support | PDF Merge inside Viewer** | Recommended | Excel export from tables |
| Bluebeam | X | (X)* | - | - |
| PDF-XChange Editor | X | X | X | X |
| Google Chrome | - | - | - | - |
| Microsoft Edge | - | - | - | - |
| Adobe Acrobat | X | (X)* | - | (X)*** |
| Foxit | X | (X)* | - | - |
| Itext | X | (X)* | - | - |
*Inserting pdf's into the original PREFAB pdf will work. But multiple PREFAB pdf's can't be merged.
**PDF merging is included in PREFAB, and works with multiple PREFAB pdf's and normal pdf's.
***Manual Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V to copy and insert.