You
can assemble a collection of drawing sheets to publish to a plotter,
plot files, DWF, DWFx, or PDF file. You can save the drawing set
and modify it.
You can assemble a collection of drawing sheets
to publish to a plotter, plot files, DWF, DWFx, or PDF file.
You can customize your drawing set for a specific user, and you
can add, remove, reorder, copy, and rename sheets in a drawing set
as a project evolves.
You
can publish the drawing set directly to paper and single or multiple DWF,
DWFx, or PDF files. DWF, DWFx, and PDF files can be distributed using
e-mail, FTP sites, project websites, or CD. You can save a description
of a drawing set that has been assembled to publish in a Drawing
Set Descriptions (DSD) file.
NoteYou must remove the
drawing sheets that you don't want to become a part of the drawing
set. Layouts must be initialized before they can be published. (A
layout is initialized if its paper size is defined in the page setup
to any size other than 0 x 0.)
To create a drawing set
for publishing
- Open a drawing.
The Publish dialog box is displayed. If the
Include Layouts When Adding Sheets option is selected, either in
the shortcut menu or in the Publish dialog box, all the layouts
in the current drawing are listed in the sheetlist.
- In the Publish dialog box, you can modify
the list of sheets by doing any of the following as needed:
- Add sheets. To
add sheets from other drawings, click the Add Sheets button (or
drag drawings from the desktop). In the Select Drawings dialog box,
select drawings. Click Select to add them to the list of sheets
in the Publish dialog box. All of the layouts in a drawing become
individual sheets in the list of drawing sheets. You can remove
the individual sheets if you do not want them to become part of
the drawing set. A layout must be initialized (its paper size must
be defined in the page setup to any size other than 0 x 0) before
it can be published.
NoteTo include all layouts
when you add sheets to a drawing set, ensure the Include Layouts
When Adding Sheets option is selected either in the shortcut menu
or in the Publish dialog box.
- Include model layouts. If
you include an uninitialized (the paper size is not defined in the
page setup or is set to 0 x 0) model layout, it will be marked as
Uninitialized in the Status column on the sheet list. It can be plotted
if you select an override page setup for it in the Publish dialog
box from the page setup drop-down list under Page Setups in the
sheet list.
NoteTo include the model
when you add sheets to a drawing set, ensure the Include Model When
Adding Sheets option is selected either in the shortcut menu or
in the Publish dialog box.
- Remove sheets. To
remove sheets from the list, select one or more sheets in the list.
Click the Remove Sheets button. To remove all sheets, right-click
the selection. Click Remove All.
- Reorder sheets. To
reorder the sheets up or down one position in the list, select a
sheet. Click either the Move Sheet Up or Move Sheet Down button.
Sheets in the drawing set are viewed or plotted in the order shown
in the list.
- Rename sheets. To
rename a sheet, select it in the list and right-click. Click Rename
Sheet. Enter the new sheet name.
- Change page setups. To
change the page setup for a layout, select the sheet, and in the
Page Setup list select a named page setup from the list; or select
one or more sheets and right-click. Click Change Page Setup. In the
Page Setup list, select a page setup, or select Import to import
page setups from another drawing or template. In the Import Page
Setups dialog box, select a drawing with one or more page setups.
Click Import. In the Page Setup list, select a named page setup.
NoteChange the page setup
for each layout depending on your desired output. Model space page
setups can only be applied to model space sheets; paper space page
setups can only be applied to paper space sheets.
- Copy sheets. To
copy one or more drawing sheets, select the sheets in the list and
right-click. Click Copy Selected Sheets. The copied drawing sheets are
added and highlighted at the end of the sheet list. When a sheet
is copied, its name is created by the addition of -Copy(n) at
the end of the original sheet name. For example, if you create one
copy of a sheet called Plumbing, the copied sheet is
called Plumbing-Copy(1). Each time you
copy the same sheet, the n is incremented by 1. By creating
copies of a sheet, you can have different page setups and other
settings for the same sheet.
- When your list of drawing sheets is assembled
and configured the way you want for your drawing set, click the
Save List button.
- In the Save List As dialog box, in the
File Name box, enter a name for the list. Click Save.
The drawing set list is saved as a DSD (Drawing
Set Descriptions) file.
To copy sheets in a drawing
set for publishing
- In the Publish dialog box, ensure the
sheets that you want to copy are listed.
- Right-click the selection. Click Copy
Selected Sheets.
The copied drawing sheets
are added and highlighted at the end of the sheet list. When a sheet
is copied, its name is created by the addition of -copy(n) at
the end of the original sheet name.
For example, if you create
one copy of a sheet called Plumbing, the copied sheet is
called Plumbing-Copy(1).
Each time you copy the
same sheet, the n is incremented by 1. By creating copies
of a sheet, you can have different page setups and other settings
for the same sheet.
To change the page setup
of one or more sheets in a drawing set for publishing
- In the Publish dialog box, ensure the
sheets for which you want to change the page setups are listed.
- Select one or more sheets in the list.
- Right-click the selection. Click Change
Page Setup.
- In the Page Setup list, select a page
setup to apply to the drawing sheets.
NoteChange the page setup
for each layout depending on your desired output. Model space page
setups can only be applied to model space sheets; paper space page
setups can only be applied to paper space sheets.
To publish multiple layouts
in a drawing
- In the drawing area, click a layout tab
that you want to publish.
- Press and hold the Ctrl key, and then
click the other layout tabs that you want to publish.
- Right-click one of the selected layout
tabs. Click Publish Selected Layouts.
- In the Publish dialog box, change any
settings for the selected layouts.
- Click Publish.
CommandsPUBLISH
Publishes drawings to
DWF, DWFx, and PDF files, or to plotters.
