ILoveMadoka Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 We have Adobe Acrobat Pro which has a plugin to allow batch plotting of PDFs from multi-sheet drawings. Works awesome in Autocad 2009 and before. It DOES NOT work with Autocad 2011! (Waaaahhhh!!) Does any one know how to make it work or a suitable workaround? We have drawings with 70 sheets and it's nice to print the entire document to a single PDF in one step. Takes less than one minute in Acad09. Nice! Does PUBLISH do this? I saw another thread where Publish creates other issues. Help! Help! Help! Thx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkmcswain Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Yes, PUBLISH can do this, using the built in DWGtoPDF.PC3 file. We do this daily here. Although we primarily use Sheet Set Manager to initiate the publishing act, using plain PUBLISH will work just as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveMadoka Posted July 5, 2011 Author Share Posted July 5, 2011 >>Yes, PUBLISH can do this, using the built in DWGtoPDF.PC3 file. I don't see how to call this .pc3 file!! How can I do this with a directory of drawings with who knows what plotter setups?? A little handholding requested please!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 >>Yes, PUBLISH can do this, using the built in DWGtoPDF.PC3 file. I don't see how to call this .pc3 file!! How can I do this with a directory of drawings with who knows what plotter setups?? A little handholding requested please!! You can add Layouts from multiple files. Click the "Add Sheets" button just above the Sheet Name column when you initiate the PUBLISH dialog box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveMadoka Posted July 5, 2011 Author Share Posted July 5, 2011 There is a substantial piece of this puzzle either missing or something... 1) I pick PUBLISH from the menu The dialog appears 2) I pick the (+) to Add Sheets I select the desired drawings 3) Under Page Setup the only options I have are Default: None Import.... 4) I pick Import... The only file types listed are: (.dwg/.dwt/.dws/.dxf) I don't see where to pick the DWGtoPDF.PC3? Am in looking in the wrong place. I mean I REALLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 use the "Publish To" drop down menu at the top and select PDF. Don't use Page Setups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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