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Quick Reference
PUBLISH
Publishes a drawing to DWF format
File menu ➤ More Plotting Options ➤ Publish to
DWF
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PUBLISHCommand Line
Publishing a Map to DWF
When you publish to DWF, you create an electronic version of the map that
can be displayed using Autodesk
®
Design Review, which you can download
from the Autodesk Design Review page on the Autodesk website.
Autodesk Design Review includes the ability to measure, add redline markups,
define, and place custom stamps and symbols, convert DWG files to DWF,
convert raster image formats to DWF, add/remove/reorder DWF sheets to
create custom packages, define and save new 3D views, and more.
Publishing Georeferenced DWFs
As long as you have assigned a coordinate system to all the maps in your DWF
file, the publishing operation automatically converts the coordinate
information to latitude/longitude coordinates. Autodesk Design Review 2008
can automatically navigate to a specific location when you enter coordinates,
and displays coordinates of any location in the map when you move your
mouse over that location. When your computer is integrated with a GPS
device, field workers can center the map to the coordinates provided by the
integrated GPS device on your system, and display the “my coordinates” icon
within the map. GPS devices must use the NMEA 0183 protocol. Earlier versions
of the DWF Viewer do not support georeferenced DWFs. For product
information and a free trial version, refer to the Autodesk Design Review page
on the Autodesk website.
NOTE Use the Publish command from Model space to create a georeferenced
DWF file. Plotting to DWF will not work, and publishing from Layout space will
not work.
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