-PUBLISH (Command)

Publishes drawings to DWF, DWFx, and PDF files, or to printers or plotters using the command line.

The Command prompt version of PUBLISH provides an interface for publishing drawing sheets that can be controlled by a script. It also provides a simplified method for regenerating DWF or DWFx files or plotted output from existing DSD files.

When -PLOT, PLOT, -PUBLISH, and PUBLISH are used in a script (SCR file), the BACKGROUNDPLOT system variable value is ignored, and -PLOT, PLOT, -PUBLISH, and PUBLISH are processed in the foreground.

A log file is written during the publish operation. The log file name is derived from the name of the sheet list file with CSV replacing the DSD file extension.

Note: Any existing log file is automatically overwritten by a new log file.

The following prompt is displayed.

Name of sheet list

Specify a sheet list name.

Note: The bracketed text <DSD file name> contains the name of the DSD file used when this command was last run. The bracketed text area is blank if no previous name exists. If you enter a tilde (~) for the file name, the standard file selection dialog box is displayed regardless of the FILEDEA setting.