Creates a DWF, DWFx,
or PDF file from the command line.
Summary
The command prompt version
of EXPORTDWF, EXPORTDWFX,
and EXPORTPDF provides
an interface for publishing drawing sheets that can be controlled
by a script.
List of Prompts
The following prompts
are displayed.
File Format
Select DWF, DWFx, or
PDF as the output file type.
Plot Area
Specify the area of the
drawing to export:
- Display
-
Exports the view in the
current viewport in Model space.
- Extents
-
Exports the portion of
the current space of the drawing that contains objects in Model
space. All geometry in the current space is exported.
- Window
-
Exports any portion of
the drawing you specify in Model space. Click the Window button
to use the mouse to specify opposite corners of the area to be exported,
or enter coordinate values.
- Current Layout/All Layouts
-
If you are exporting
from paper space, specify to export the current layout or all layouts.
Detailed Plot Configuration?
Specifies detailed page
settings for the Model tab or layout tab you are plotting.
NoteIf you enter No,
the Save As dialog appears if
FILEDIA is
set to 1. If FILEDIA is set to 0, you are prompted to enter a file
name at the command prompt.
- Paper Size
-
Enter the paper size
or enter ? to view a list of paper sizes
defined for the default plotter driver.
- Paper Units
-
Specify Inches or Millimeters
as the paper size unit.
NoteThis prompt does
not display if you are exporting a raster image, such as a BMP or
TIFF file, because the size of the plot defaults to pixels.
- Drawing Orientation
-
Specify if the output
displays in portrait or landscape.
- Plot Scale
-
Specify how to scale
the drawing in the DWF, DWFx, or PDF file.
- Plotted Inches=Drawing
Units: Calculates the plot scale based on the inches
or millimeters to drawing units that you specify. You can also enter
a real number as a fraction (for example, you can enter 1=2 or.5).
- Fit: Automatically
calculates the scale to fit the area on the paper size specified
earlier.
- Plot with Plot Styles?
-
Specify whether to export
using the plot styles applied to objects and defined in the plot
style table.
- Yes: If you
enter Yes (plot with plot styles), enter the plot style table name,
press Enter for none or enter ? to list to
view plot style tables.
- No: If you select
No, enter . at the next prompt to select
none.
- Plot Style Table Name
-
All style definitions
with different property characteristics are stored in the current
plot style table and can be attached to the geometry.
- Plot with Lineweights
-
Specifies whether or
not to use the lineweight (measured in pixels) specified in the
PC3 driver.
