Printing an AutoCAD Drawing - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 828

Publish to DWF/DWFx Uses the assigned page setup of each layout, and cre-
ates a .dwf or .dwfx file using the settings such as page size and plot-style table
contained within the page setup.
Publish to PDF Identical to the Publish to DWF or DWFx option with the excep-
tion of the output file type. As its name implies, the Publish to PDF option will
create a .pdf file, compatible with the popular Adobe Acrobat program.
Publish to Plotter As previously discussed, this option will use the page setup
assigned to each layout and use those settings to publish the sheet set. If differ-
ent plotters are assigned to the various layouts, your sheet set will plot to sepa-
rate plotters.
Publish using Page Setup override Among the settings you specified as you
created your My Cabin sheet set was the location for Page Setup Overrides. This
was set to the same template drawing used to create your sheets. Therefore, any
additional page setups you create in your sheet template drawing will automati-
cally appear here. Using a Page Setup Override will inherit all of the settings,
including the plotter, contained within the page setup.
You don't always need to plot every drawing inside your sheet set. Let's say
you only want to plot the Architectural sheets in your plan set. Rather than
right-clicking on the My Cabin sheet set name, you would right-click on the
Architectural subset to display the contextual menu shown in Figure 15.37.
Instead of plotting every drawing in your sheet set, Sheet Set Manager will plot
only the sheets under the Architectural subset.
It's also possible to select any combination of sheets and subsets using the Ctrl
key and plot only the sheets you select. Although setting up Sheet Set Manager
takes more time than using the PUBLISH command, this versatility, coupled with
the sheet management features covered in Chapter 14, makes it a worthwhile
investment for a plan set of any notable size.
W h a t ' s t h e d I F F e r e n C e B e t W e e n dWF a n d dWF x ?
The DWF format was created in 1995, before computing power was what it
is today. DWF files created using AutoCAD 2011 use version 6 of the DWF
format, which evolved into the robust format it is today. By contrast, the
DWFx format is technically version 7 of the DWF format. The major differ-
ence between the two versions is interoperability.
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