Autocad publishing

You can also access the command by right clicking on a layout tab. Manually select the tabs you want in advance, or, prior to clicking on Publish Selected Layouts, you can click on Select All Layouts.

You can also hover over the drawing tab and select Publish from the thumbnail preview. Perhaps you prefer to access the command from the Application Menu. Notice also that there is an option to display the Publish dialog if you desire.

This is where the Publish command loses some people, as the default settings in the dialog often create confusion, and operating it is not always intuitive. The first time the Publish dialog appears, the Sheets list box will be populated with both the Model Space and any Layouts from all drawings that are open.

Even unsaved, blank drawings Drawing 1, etc. This may not match your workflow, so feel free to uncheck it if you want to work differently. Also, you probably want either Model Space or most likely Layouts, but not both.

The secret is to right click within the Sheets list box that contains your sheet names. Doing so will reveal a contextual pop-up menu. DWF files, when published, are created in a vector-based format except for inserted raster image content , ensuring that precision is maintained. This metadata can be viewed only by Autodesk Design Review. You can specify which block-related properties and attributes you want to make available to Autodesk Design Review users.

For example, you can publish a DWF file or DWFx file for a plumbing contractor that contains block attribute information about the plumbing fixtures specified in your drawing data. And, from the same set of sheets, you can include only the block attribute data about light fixtures for an electrical contractor. By default, jobs that are published are processed in the background, so that you can return immediately to your drawing. Only one job that you have published can be processed in the background at a time.

While a job is being processed in the background, you can check its status by placing the cursor over the plotter icon on the right side of the status bar. You can also view details about all completed jobs that you have plotted or published from the current session. Publishing for Autodesk Design Review Publishing an electronic drawing set as a DWF or DWFx file saves time and increases productivity by providing accurate, compressed representations of drawings in a file that is easy to distribute and view.