Next we move to General Plot Options on the Plot Publish Tab. The first option is to either leave the Paper Space size as set int he drawing or to set it to the plotter sizes. I keep it as the Drawing defines it. I may use the plot device if I get files from […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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When you have attached a PDF Underlay you can access it again in many ways. You can underlay the following file types: DWF – A DWF (Design Web Format) file is a highly compressed file format that is created from a DWG file. DWFx – DWFx, the future of DWF, is based on the XML […]
You can attach a DWF, DWFx, DGN, or PDF file as an underlay to a drawing file. You reference and place underlay files in drawing files the same as you do raster image files so they are not actually part of the drawing file. Like raster files, the underlay is linked to the drawing file […]
Generating PDF files to share information with others is a great way to get them design data without sending your CAD files. Here is the process that is included with AutoCAD 2010. 1. Select Export to PDF under the Big Red “A” or you can select it fro the Output Tab onthe ribbon 2.A dialog […]
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