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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Get Information
- The User Interface
- Start and Save Drawings
- Control the Drawing Views
- Organize Drawings and Layouts
- Create Single-View Drawings (Model Space)
- Create Multiple-View Drawing Layouts (Paper Space)
- Create and Modify Objects
- Control the Properties of Objects
- Work with Object Properties
- Work with Layers
- Work with Colors
- Work with Linetypes
- Control Lineweights
- Control the Display Properties of Certain Objects
- Use Precision Tools
- Use Coordinates and Coordinate Systems (UCS)
- Use Dynamic Input
- Snap to Locations on Objects (Object Snaps)
- Restrict Cursor Movement
- Combine or Offset Points and Coordinates
- Specify Distances
- Extract Geometric Information from Objects
- Use a Calculator
- Draw Geometric Objects
- Change Existing Objects
- Add Constraints to Geometry
- Control the Properties of Objects
- Define and Reference Blocks
- Work with Blocks
- Create and Modify Blocks
- Add Behaviors to Blocks (Dynamic Blocks)
- Overview of Dynamic Blocks
- Quick Start to Creating Dynamic Blocks
- Create and Edit Dynamic Blocks
- Add Action Parameters to Dynamic Blocks
- Work with 3D Models
- Annotate Drawings
- Work with Annotations
- Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts
- Notes and Labels
- Tables
- Dimensions and Tolerances
- Understand Basic Concepts of Dimensioning
- Use Dimension Styles
- Set the Scale for Dimensions
- Create Dimensions
- Modify Existing Dimensions
- Add Geometric Tolerances
- Plot and Publish Drawings
- Prepare Drawings for Plotting and Publishing
- Quick Start to Saving Settings for Plotting and Publishing
- Specify Page Setup Settings
- Overview of Page Setup Settings
- Select a Printer or Plotter for a Layout
- Select a Paper Size for a Layout
- Set the Plot Area of a Layout
- Adjust the Plot Offset of a Layout
- Set the Plot Scale for a Layout
- Set the Lineweight Scale for a Layout
- Select a Plot Style Table for a Layout
- Set Shaded Viewport and Plot Options for a Layout
- Determine the Drawing Orientation of a Layout
- Use the Layout Wizard to Specify Layout Settings
- Import PCP or PC2 Settings into a Layout
- Create and Use Named Page Setups
- Plot Drawings
- Quick Start to Plotting
- Overview of Plotting
- Use a Page Setup to Specify Plot Settings
- Select a Printer or Plotter
- Specify the Area to Plot
- Set Paper Size
- Position the Drawing on the Paper
- Control How Objects Are Plotted
- Preview a Plot
- Plot Files to Other Formats
- Publish Drawings
- Prepare Drawings for Plotting and Publishing
- Share Data Between Files
- Reference Other Drawing Files
- Link and Embed Data (OLE)
- Work with Data in Other Formats
- Import Other File Formats
- Attach Files as Underlays
- Attach Raster Image Files
- Use Drawings from Different Versions and Applications
- Access External Databases
- Collaborate with Others
- Protect and Sign Drawings
- Use the Internet for Collaboration
- Use Markups for Design Review
- Render Drawings
- Glossary
- Index
5 In the Publish To group, click to select the DWF Format. Click DWF File
or DWFx File.
6 Click Publish to start the process.
The animated plotter icon on the right side of the status bar indicates
that the publish job is in progress.
7 If you have background publishing enabled, you can view information
about the processed publish job. Right-click the plotter icon on the right
side of the status bar. Click View Plot and Publish Details. The information
in the Plot and Publish Details dialog box is also saved to the plot and
publish log file.
Quick Reference
PUBLISH
Publishes drawings to DWF, DWFx, and PDF files, or to plotters.
View Electronic Drawing Sets with Autodesk Design
Review
A published DWF or DWFx electronic drawing set can be viewed and plotted
with Autodesk Design Review.
A published drawing set is the digital equivalent of paper plots created from
your original drawings. The drawing set, which is saved as a DWF or DWFx
file, can be viewed or plotted by anyone using Autodesk Design Review.
NOTE For DWFx files, you can view the 2D geometry of a DWFx file using Internet
Explorer 7.
With Autodesk Design Review, you can open, view, and print all DWF or
DWFx file formats and other raster format images. You can pan, zoom, and
view individual drawing sheets and viewports. You can also view layer
information, block information and attributes, and custom properties, if they
are included in the DWF or DWFx file. As you move your cursor across DWF
or DWFx geometry in the viewer, objects with associated data are displayed
with a red highlighting effect. For more information on Autodesk Design
Review, see
Review and Markup Files with Design Review on page 1363.
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