Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Transmittal setups contain settings that control how ETRANSMIT pro-
cesses the drawings and creates the transmittal package. Click the Transmittal
Setups button to create new or modify existing setups. The default Standard trans-
mittal setup works fine for many purposes, except that you probably want to turn
on the Include Fonts setting, as described in the next paragraph. In any case, you
should view the settings (click the Modify button) just to see what options you can
change if you need to later.
If you want AutoCAD to include SHX and TTF font files, including any cus-
tom fonts that you're using, you must turn on the Include Fonts setting in the trans-
mittal setup. (Click Transmittal Setups, click Modify, and check the Include Fonts
check box.) Note, however, that many SHX and TTF files are custom fonts, which
work like licensed software: Sending them to others is just like sharing your
AutoCAD program DVD with others. No, I don't mean that it's easy and fun; I mean
that it's illegal and unethical. Before you send a custom font file to someone else,
find out the licensing restrictions on the font and work within them.
5. Click the View Report button.
You see a report listing the files that ETRANSMIT will copy, along with warnings
about any files that it can't locate.
6. Review the report and make sure that ETRANSMIT was able to find all the files.
7. Click OK.
ETRANSMIT displays a file dialog box so that you can specify the name and location
of the transmittal package.
8. Click Save.
ETRANSMIT creates the transmittal package (which is a Zip file by default). Zipping
creates a single, tidy package of all your DWG, DGN, DWF, PDF, raster image, plot
style table, and font files.
FTP for you and me
FTP, or
File Transfer Protocol,
is a simple-but-robust protocol for copying files over the
Internet. A computer that's connected to the Internet can act as an FTP
server,
which
means that part of its hard disk is accessible over the Internet. The person who config-
ures the FTP server can place restrictions so that only people who enter a particular lo-
