Set options for publishing,
such as output file location, multi-sheet name options, password
protection, and whether or not to include layer information.
You can also decide what
types of information to reveal in your published DWF, DWFx, and
PDF files and whether to publish drawings automatically.
You can include the following types of
metadata:
- Sheet set properties
(must publish using the Sheet Set Manager)
- Sheet properties (must
publish using the Sheet Set Manager)
- Block standard properties and block custom
properties and attributes
- Properties contained in custom objects
You use a block template
(BLK) file to determine which blocks and properties to include in
your published DWF, DWFx, or PDF file. You use the Block Template
dialog box to create or modify the settings of a block template (BLK)
file. You can also use BLK files created with the Attribute Extraction wizard.
When you change settings in the Publish Options
dialog box, you can save the settings to the Drawing Set Descriptions
(DSD) file to reuse the next time you publish drawings.
You can also specify
whether a DWF, DWFx, or PDF file is created automatically when a
drawing is saved or closed in the Auto Publish Options Dialog Box.
NotePDF files cannot
be password protected.
To specify output locations
and types, file names, and security settings for DWF, DWFx, PDF,
and plot files
- In the Publish To group,
select DWF Format; and select DWF File or DWFx File.
- Click Publish Options.
To be prompted for a name
for a multi-sheet DWF, DWFx, or PDF file
- Click Publish Options.
The Publish Options dialog
box appears.
- In the General DWF Options pane, under
DWF Type, select Multi-sheet DWF from the drop-down list.
- In the Multi-sheet DWF Options, select
Prompt for Name to be prompted for a file name every time you publish
a DWF file.
- Click OK.
- In the Publish dialog box, contine with
publishing tasks, and then close the dialog box.
To include layer or block
information in a published DWF, DWFx, or PDF file
NoteYou can use block
template (BLK) files created with the Publish Options dialog box
or BLK files created using the Attribute Extraction wizard.
- Click Publish Options.
The Publish Options dialog
box appears.
- In the DWF Data Options, do one of the
following:
- Under Layer Information, click to display
the drop-down list, and select Include.
- Under Block Information, click to display
the drop-down list, and select Include.
NoteBy default, Layer
and Block Information is set to Don't Include. If you change the
setting to include layer or block information, you can turn individual
layers on and off when you view or print the DWF file, or use the
viewer to view or print block property and attribute information
in the DWF or DWFx file.
- Click OK.
- In the Publish dialog box, contine with
publishing tasks, and then close the dialog box.
To create a block template
(BLK) file
- Click Publish Options.
The Publish Options dialog
box appears.
- In the DWF Data Options pane, under Block
Information, click to display the drop-down list, and select Include.
- Under DWF Data Options, Block Template
File, click to display the drop-down list, and select Create.
The Publish Block Template dialog box opens
with the Block Source Drawing area displaying the current drawing.
NoteThe working set of
drawings for this list is completely independent of the drawings
to include in the Publish operation.
- Do one of the following:
- If this drawing contains the block properties
you want to include in the published DWF or DWFx file, click Scan
for Blocks.
The program scans the
DWG file for all unique block definitions and their associated properties
and attributes.
- If this drawing does not contain the
block properties you want to include in the published DWF or DWFx
file, click Add.
The Select Drawings dialog
box is displayed. Select drawings to add to the block source drawings
list. You can also add and remove drawings that contain target blocks
whose properties you want to include in the published DWF or DWFx
file. Click Scan for Blocks.
The DWG file is scanned for all unique block
definitions and their associated properties and attributes.
NoteBy default, block
settings for nested blocks and blocks in xrefs are included. If
you don't want to include these block settings, click Options in the
Publish Block Template dialog box and clear the related options.
- In the Publish Block Template dialog
box, under Block Data to Publish, Unique Blocks From Source Drawings,
Check Blocks to Publish, select the block names you want to include
in the published DWF or DWFx files. You can right-click to select
or clear all boxes.
- Under Block Data to Publish, Properties
of Selected Blocks, Check Properties to Publish, select the properties
you would like to include in your published DWF or DWFx files. You
can right-click to select or clear all boxes.
The list displays the
union of the properties of all selected blocks.
NoteIf you select a block
on the block list and clear the check marks of all its properties,
only the name of the block is published to the resultant DWF or
DWFx file; no property information is included.
- Click Save to name and save the block
template file. Click OK.
The new block template
file is now available under DWF Data Options in the Publish Block
Template dialog box.
- In the Publish dialog box, contine with
publishing tasks, and then close the dialog box.
To edit a block template
(BLK) file
- Click Publish Options.
The Publish Options dialog
box appears.
- In the DWF Data Options pane, under Block
Information, click to display the drop-down list, and select Include.
- Under DWF Data Options, Block Template
File, click to display the drop-down list, and select Edit.
- In the Select Block Template dialog box,
click the Block Template (BLK) file you want to edit, and then click
Select.
NoteThe working set of
drawings for this list is completely independent of the drawings
to include in the Publish operation.
- In the Publish Block Template dialog
box, click Scan for Blocks.
The program scans the DWG files for all unique
block definitions and their associated properties and attributes.
NoteBy default, block
settings for nested blocks and blocks in xrefs are included. If
you don't want to include these block settings, click Options in the
Publish Block Template dialog box and clear the related options.
- Under Block Data to Publish, Unique Blocks
From Source Drawings, Check Blocks to Publish, select or clear the
block names you want to include in the published DWF files.
- Under Block Data to Publish, Properties
of Selected Blocks, Check Properties to Publish, select or clear
the properties you want to include in your published DWF or DWFx
files.
This list displays the
union of the properties of all selected blocks.
NoteIf you select a block
from the block list and clear the check marks of all its properties,
only the name of the block is published to the resultant DWF or
DWFx file; no property information is included.
- Click Save. Click OK.
The modified block template
file is now available under DWF Data Options in the Publish Block
Template dialog box.
- In the Publish dialog box, contine with
publishing tasks, and then close the dialog box.
CommandsAUTOPUBLISH
Publishes drawings to
DWF, DWFx, or PDF files automatically to a specified location.
PUBLISH
Publishes drawings to
DWF, DWFx, and PDF files, or to plotters.
System VariablesAUTODWFPUBLISH
Controls whether DWF
(Design Web Format) files are created automatically when you save
or close drawing (DWG) files.
AUTOMATICPUB
Controls whether electronic files (DWF/PDF)
are created automatically when you save or close drawing (DWG) files.
PUBLISHCOLLATE
Controls whether plotting
a sheet set, multi-sheet plot file, or plot spool file can be interrupted
by other plot jobs.
PUBLISHHATCH
Controls whether hatch
patterns published to DWF or DWFx format are treated as a single
object when they are opened in Autodesk Impression.
