A case for doc template & custom PDF export settings
A case for doc template & custom PDF export settings
Yes, but both (offset AND bleed) are to be linked together because they have the same use: both are made to leave a small little space out of the trim box to allow some small variations in the cutting position...
Right.
While I will not comment on why anyone might require 3 mm for trim, as in any production requirement, one should communicate to all involved what the offset and bleed amounts need to be. If you look at that example PDF I took the time to make, the trim marks offsets and the bleed mark offsets are different.
I created the bleed objects within InDesign, then set up the PDF export settings to "use Document Bleed settings". This is how I work, but there are good reasons to do this several other ways.
I was not suggesting Adobes defaults are "okay" - I was simply pointing out that these terms are not interchangeable, which one might have gathered from the original post. I also will not go into things like round off errors, or if the use of the word pica is "really" a pica, or actually a "PostScript" pica - 1 PostScript pica = 4.23333333 millimeters and if a settings of 72 points per inch is accurate, or if when you enter more than 3 decimal points if it matters really, as it is always rounded to the nearest point, and this means there really are not much accuracy in decimal mm or decimal point (or more then 3 decimals in inches)
So, set up your new documents properly, or open pre-set teamplates and define, save and load custom PDF export settings - and never use Adobe defaults when specifying bleed - but before you call Adobe to complain, remember that in the last 10 seconds most of the InDesign documents exported had no bleed, so really, the defaults are fine for the majority of work.
I mean, really - this is common sence, yeas? Be prepared to do the job at hand - like remember to wear something other than flip flops when carrying a refrigerator down stairs. Things like that.
Hope that helps.