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AutoCAD 2011 Options – The Plot and Publish Tab

-- Plot and Publish Tab - Part 1

-- Plot and Publish Tab - Part 2

-- Plot and Publish Tab - Part 3

-- Plot and Publish Tab - Part 4

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AutoCAD 2011 Options – The Plot and Publish Tab

The Plotting and Publishing Tab comes next.  The AutoCAD 2010 Dialog box for this tab is exactly the same so I am now calling this series the 2011 Options

Now we move into the area of Plotting and Publishing.

Here you can set the default settings for new files, Plot to file settings, Auto Publish and Background processing options.  General Plot options are set related to drivers, plot style tables, output devices and more.

This one box can save you so many headaches if you get it right.

 


Plot and Publish Tab - Part 1

 

First we come to the Default plot setting for new drawings.


You can set the default output device from the drop down list of available devices.  This really only effects drawing that have not been opened or saved in 2000 format and beyond.  This dialog will find any PCS files or setups found on your search path or default system printers.

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Plot and Publish Tab - Part 2

Background processing is how AutoCAD allows you to get back to work when you send off a plot. Without this setting, you may tie up your machine while it cranks away at your processing.

Turn both of these on.

There are two options here:

Plotting - setting this one to on by checking the box will enable background processing for the PLOT command.

Publishing - setting this one to on by checking the box will enable background processing for the PUBLISH command.

When background plotting is enabled, an icon will display in the lower right corner of AutoCAD.

There are options that are enabled when you right click on the icon.  Right-click any of the plot and publish icons in the tray on the right side of the status bar. The icon changes depending on what is happening in the background.

 

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Plot and Publish Tab - Part 3

 

More on Plotting and Publishing

Plot and publish log file – turn it off – you most likely will never need this.

If you did create a log it would include:

  • Job ID
  • Job name
  • Sheet set name
  • Category name
  • Date and time started and completed
  • Sheet name
  • Full file path
  • Selected layout name
  • Page setup name
  • Named page setup path
  • Device name
  • Paper size name
  • Final status

If you do create a file – it will be located in the location set on the Files tab of the Dialog box.

 

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Plot and Publish Tab - Part 4

Closing out the left side of this dialog box brings us to Auto Publishing…

Checking the Automatic Publish radio button will publish DWF or DWFx or PDF files upon your selected action.  So you can set AutoCAD to create DWF or PDF files when you save or close a file.

This may be overkill for most of you.  Creating a DWF or PDF every time you close a file may be overdone.

 

Render Appearance Library Location

If you move the Render Appearance Library from its default location, use the Rendering tab of the Options dialog to specify its new location.

The Render Appearance Library is a read-only library that stores all render appearances for materials, the default RPC content provided with the software, and related rendering information.

When you install Revit Architecture, this library resides in the following default location:

C:\Program Files\ <product name and version>\Data\Rendering\assetlibrary_base.fbx

If necessary, you can move the Rendering folder but I would not advise that – it just clutters up your install and updates.

 

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More on the Options Dialog...

Plotting and Publishing - we do it all the time.  Have you taken the time to make sure your Options are all set up for maximum speed and effeciency.

This issue contains more about Options - Inside AutoCAD 2011.

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