Exercise 2: Publish to DWF

Exercise 1: Specify attributes to include

Lesson 8: Publish Your Map

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Exercise 2: Publish to DWF

Publishing to DWF is like printing to a file. You must set up plotting parameters just as you would if you were printing to a physical plotter. You apply those settings to your layout, which is like a plotting template. You display a layout tab for your map to activate the layout.

Each view of your map (which initially includes model space and two default layout spaces) is considered a sheet in your map sheet set. Learn more about sheet sets in the Help.

Use the Publish dialog box to specify the sheets to publish and whether to publish to a plotter or a file.

To publish to DWF

1. Save your map.

   You cannot plot or publish without saving first.

2. Click File menu Plot.
3. In the Plot dialog box, select a Printer/Plotter.
4. Click Apply To Layout, and then click Cancel.

   Printer/plotter settings are applied to your publishing job without sending the job to a plotter or printer.

5. If Model and Layout tabs are not displayed just below your map, right-click in the status area at the bottom of the application window and click Display Model And Layout Tabs.
6. Click the Layout 1 tab.
7. Click File menu More Plotting Options Publish To DWF.
8. In the Publish dialog box, in the Sheets To Publish list, make sure that only the sheets you want are selected.

   For example, if another map is open, its model and layout views will appear in the list. The default Layout2 view of the current map also appears. Select any undesired entries (such as Layout2) and click Remove Sheets.

9. Under Publish To, click DWF File.
10. Click Publish Options and click Layer Information (under DWF Data Options). On the pull-down menu in this field, click Include.

    This specifies that each layer in your map will be published to a separate layer in DWF. In Design Review, you can turn the display of these layers on and off independently.

11. Click OK to close the Publish Options dialog box.
12. In the Publish dialog box, click Publish (at the bottom of the window).

    

    Set up the sheets to publish and select a publishing format.

13. Specify a location and a name for the published file and click Select.
14. If you are prompted to save the sheet list, click No.
15. You may see a message telling you that the job is processing in the background. Click OK to dismiss the message.

    The files needed by Autodesk Design Review are published to the file you specified. Monitor the progress of the publishing operation by holding your cursor over the animated icon in the lower-right corner.

    

    When the job is complete, click the link in the bubble that appears in the bottom, right-hand corner of the window to view any warnings or errors. Close the window when you are done.

You have published your map to a DWF file, which can be displayed in Autodesk Design Review.