Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 20-4:
Hot off the presses: AutoCAD's Publish dialog box.
Although the Publish dialog box is wired to support DWF, DWFx, and PDF as well as reg-
ular (paper) plotting, for now, more people are likely to use it for paper plotting. (An al-
ternative use is creating plot files to send to a plotting service bureau.) But if you do de-
cide to go into large-scale DWF publishing, including multisheet DWF or PDF files, use
the Publish dialog box, as shown in the following steps:
1. Click the Application button, choose Print, and then Batch Plot.
The Publish dialog box appears (refer to Figure 20-4). The dialog box lists all tabs
(model and paper space layouts) of all currently open drawings for plotting. The
Publish dialog box refers to each tab as a
sheet.
2. Click the buttons above the sheet list to preview any sheet, add sheets from oth-
er drawings, remove sheets from the to-be-plotted list, or rearrange the plotting or-
der.
With the additional buttons, you can save and recall lists of sheets. See Step 4 for
more information.
3. After you select the sheets that you want to plot, specify whether you want to
plot them to an actual plotter or plot (PLT) file or to a DWF/DWFx or PDF file.
You can select a specific plotter configuration for each sheet by choosing a Page
Setup in the Sheet List. See Chapter 16 for more information about page setups.
4. Click the Publish Options button to display a dialog box containing additional
settings.
