About Publishing Drawings

The program provides the following options for publishing a project:

• Batch plot the full drawing set or a subsection of the drawing set.
• Publish drawings in the active project to a multi-sheet single PDF file with hyperlinks.
• Publish drawings in the active project to DWF files.
• Create a Web page of selected drawings in the current project. The Web pages and associated support files are saved in the specified folder, enabling preview, and testing before posting to the Web.

Note: PAGESETUP settings affect the published output.

Text Fonts in the PDF Output

If your drawings use Truetype text fonts, the text is searchable within a PDF file. Text objects using SHX fonts are drawn as graphics and are not searchable when output to a PDF file.

When you publish to PDF, check the option Substitute TrueType fonts for SHX fonts to substitute TrueType fonts for SHX fonts. This substitution is used for the PDF output and does not change the font used on the drawing. The font mapping file, acade.fmp, controls which TrueType font is substituted for a particular SHX font. The default location for acade.fmp is C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD Electrical {version}\{release}\{country code}\Support\. Edit this file with a text editor to modify the font mapping.

The Truetype font may not be an exact match for the SHX font and can look slightly different in the PDF output. TrueType fonts are not substituted for Big Fonts. Text using Big Fonts is not searchable in the PDF file.

Note: Making hard copies of PDF files that use the font substitution is not recommended.

Publish to Multi-Sheet PDF

Publishing to PDF provides options for including hyperlinks and bookmarks when publishing to a multi-sheet file.

If you select to include bookmarks, the following are included in the PDF:

• A bookmark for each drawing
• Folder structure recreated from Project Manager
• First drawing description if it is defined in the drawing properties

If you select to include hyperlinks, the following links are added:

Click	Jumps To
Schematic parent tag	Panel footprint
Panel footprint graphics	Schematic parent
Schematic child tag	Schematic parent
Schematic PLC tag	Panel footprint
Panel PLC footprint graphics	Parent or stand-alone schematic PLC
One-line component tag	Schematic parent
Cross-reference text on parent	Child specific to cross-reference text selected
Schematic terminal tag strip	Panel terminal strip
Panel terminal graphics	Schematic terminal Note: If it is a multi-level terminal, jumps to the schematic terminal that represents the first level.
Source arrow reference text	Destination arrow
Destination arrow reference text	Source arrow
Stand-alone cross-reference source	Stand-alone cross-reference destination
Stand-alone cross-reference destination	Stand-alone cross-reference source

The Zoom factor controls how close the PDF file is zoomed in when you click a hyperlink and are taken to the corresponding object. The zoom factor is calculated as a percentage of the object's size. A Zoom factor value of 50 means the object is shown at half its PDF object size. A zoom factor value of 100 means the object fills the PDF screen. Enter an integer from 1 through 100.

Note: Before publishing to PDF with hyperlinks, update component and signal arrow cross-referencing.