You can easily republish
lists of drawing sheets that you previously saved in the Drawing
Set Descriptions (DSD) file format.
After
drawings have been updated, you may want to republish a drawing
set for viewing or plotting. You can easily republish a sheet set
(DST file) or a collection of drawing sheets that you saved as a
DSD (Drawing Set Descriptions) file. You can also load and republish
BP3 (Batch Plot) files.
To republish a drawing
set
If
you have a drawing open, all the layouts in your drawing are shown
in the sheet list in the Publish dialog box. Right-click in the
sheet list. Click Remove All to delete the layouts from the list
of drawing sheets.
- In the Publish dialog
box, click the Load Sheet List button.
- In the Load List of
Sheets dialog box, select the location of the DSD file or the BP3
file. Click Load.
The
drawing sheets in the saved drawing set are displayed in the sheet
list in the Publish dialog box.
- In the Publish to group,
do one of the following:
- To publish to a DWF
file —click DWF format, and select DWF File.
- To publish to a DWFx file — click
DWF format, and select DWFx File.
- To publish to a PDF file — click
PDF format, and select PDF File.
- To publish to a plotter
or printer — click Plotter Named in Page Setup.
- Click Publish.
If
you have background publishing enabled, the animated plotter icon
on the right side of the status bar indicates that the publish job
is in progress.
- If you have background
publishing enabled, you can view information about the processed
publish job. Right-click the plotter icon on the right side of the
status bar. Click View Plot and Publish Details. The information in
the Plot and Publish Details dialog box is also saved to the plot
and publish log file.
CommandsPUBLISH
Publishes drawings to
DWF, DWFx, and PDF files, or to plotters.
