Overview of Creating or Modifying a DWG to PDF Configuration File

You can use the default DWG to PDF.pc3 plotter configuration file as installed, or you can make changes to it using the Properties button in the Plot dialog box. This invokes the pc3 editor, which allows you to make changes directly to the DWG to PDF.pc3 file. Although you can save DWG to PDF.pc3 files under other names for use with the Plot command, no other name will work with the Publish command. Any changes you make to the DWF6 DWG to PDF.pc3 file are used whenever you plot or publish DWF6 files until you change the settings of your DWG to PDF.pc3 file again.

Note: If you are going to make changes to the DWG to PDF.pc3 file, make a backup copy of the file first in case you want to use the default settings later. If necessary, the default DWG to PDF.pc3 file can be recreated with the Add-A-Plotter wizard.

These settings may change file size and plot quality, depending on the content of the source drawing for the Design Web Format™ (DWF™) file. You can specify the following settings when you edit the DWG to PDF.pc3 configuration file:

• Color depth
• Display resolution
• Compression options
• Inclusion and handling of fonts
• Background color
• Virtual pen settings and patterns
• Inclusion of layer information
• Inclusion of a paper boundary
• Inclusion of a saved preview

Procedures

To specify or modify settings for plotted PDF files

1. Click Home tab Output panel Plot.
2. In the Plot dialog box, under Printer/Plotter, in the Name list, select the DWG to PDF plotting device. Click Properties.
3. In the Plotter Configuration Editor, Device and Document Settings tab, select Custom Properties in the tree window.
4. Click Custom Properties.
5. Select the options you want. Click OK.
6. In the Plotter Configuration Editor, click OK.
7. In the Changes to a Printer Configuration dialog box, do one of the following. Then click OK.
   • Select Apply Changes for the Current Plot Only to specify a one-time override of the configuration settings that isn't saved to the ePlot configuration file.
   • Select Save Changes to the Following File to save the configuration changes to the PDF configuration file.
8. In the Browse for Plot File dialog box, in the Save In location list, select a plotting location for the PDF file, and click Save.
9. Click OK.

To set color depth for plotted PDF files

1. Click Home tab Output panel Plot.
2. In the Printer/Plotter area, in the Name list, select the DWG to PDF plotting device. Click Properties.
3. In the Plotter Configuration Editor, Device and Document Settings tab, expand the Graphics node in the tree window.
4. Click Vector Graphics.
5. In the Color Depth area, select a color depth. Click OK.
6. In the Changes to a Printer Configuration dialog box, do one of the following. Then click OK.
   • Select Apply Changes for the Current Plot Only to specify a one-time override of the configuration settings that isn't saved to the PDF configuration file.
   • Select Save Changes to the Following File to save the configuration changes to the PDF configuration file.
7. In the Browse for Plot File dialog box, in the Save In location list, select a plotting location for the PDF file, and click Save. Click OK.