Overview of Creating or Modifying the Configuration File

Use the default DWF6 ePlot.pc3 or the DWFx ePlot.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 PC3 file. Although you can save files under different names, no other name will work with the Publish command. Any changes you make to the ePlot.pc3 file are used whenever you plot or publish DWF and DWFx files until you change the settings of your ePlot.pc3 file again.

Note: If you are going to make changes to the DWF6 ePlot.pc3 or the DWFx ePlot.pc3 file, make a backup copy of the file first in case you want to use the default settings later. If necessary, the default 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 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

Note: DWF and DWFx files intended for plotting should be configured with a white background color. If the background color is set to black, color 7 objects will be plotted as white. For all other background colors, color 7 objects will be plotted as black.

Procedures

To specify or modify settings for plotted DWF and DWFx files

1. Click Home tab Output panel Plot.
2. In the Plot dialog box, under Printer/Plotter, in the Name list, select a DWF or DWFx 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. In the Properties dialog box, 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 configuration file.
8. In the Browse for Plot File dialog box, in the Save In location list, select a plotting location for the DWF or DWFx file, and click Save. Click OK.

To set color depth for plotted DWF files

1. Click Home tab Output panel Plot.
2. In the Printer/Plotter area, in the Name list, select a DWF or DWFx 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 configuration file.
   • Select Save Changes to the Following File to save the configuration changes to the configuration file.
7. In the Browse for Plot File dialog box, in the Save In location list, select a plotting location for the DWF or DWFx file, and click Save. Click OK.