DWF Publishing Options Dialog Box

Use this dialog box to access Autodesk Civil 3D-related settings for publishing 3D DWF data.

You can specify the objects to publish to the DWF file, how they are organized, and if the object properties are included in the DWF file.

Object To Publish

All Model Space Objects

Specifies that all the objects in the drawing model space are published to the DWF file.

Selected Model Space Objects

Specifies that the selected objects in the drawing model space are published to the DWF file. Use the object picker button to select objects from the drawing.

3D DWF Organization

Specifies how to organize the objects in the DWF file.

Group By Xref Hierarchy

Specifies that objects in the DWF are arranged by Xref hierarchy in the viewer. If unchecked, externally referenced files are listed in the viewer like other objects.

Group Individual Objects By

Specifies how to group objects in the Model panel of the DWF Viewer. You can group them either by object type and style, or by the layer that the objects reside on.

Options

Specifies additional DWF publishing options.

Publish With Materials

Specifies that the model will be exported with associated textures to various objects (for example, surfaces, pipes, or AutoCAD solids).

If you’ve assigned texture mapped materials to your models, those materials can be published with the 3D DWF file. Texture map orientation and scaling that is set in the drawing editor is retained in the published 3D DWF file.

There are some limitations to materials publishing.

• The Diffuse Map channel is the only mapping that gets published. If you use Opacity, Reflection, or Bump maps in your material, they do not get published.
• Procedural materials such as Wood or Marble do not get published.

Note: Because the DWF Viewer and the rendering engine are different, you may encounter some deviation in how the texture maps appear in the DWF Viewer.

Include Properties From Objects

Specifies that the object properties will be available in the DWF file. The properties vary from object to object and include common properties such as Name, Description, Date Created, Created By, Date Modified, Modified By, Object Style, Layer, and Color. Each object has special properties as well. For example, an alignment includes start station, end station, and length.