Auto Publish Settings Dialog Box

Publishes drawings to DWF, DWFx, or PDF files automatically to a specified location.

OPTIONS (Command) Find: Plot and Publish tab > Automatic Publish Settings

Set options for publishing drawings to DWF, DWFx, or PDF files when you save or close a drawing file, or issue the AUTOPUBLISH command.

List of Options

The following options are displayed.

Auto-Publish Options

Specifies where DWF or PDF files are saved when you publish drawing sheets.

Publish on

Specifies when the publishing takes place.

• Save (Publishes when the drawing is saved)
• Close (Publishes when the drawing is closed)
• Prompt on Save (Publishes when the drawing is prompted to save)
• Prompt on Close (Publishes when the drawing is prompted to close)

Location

Specifies a directory where exported files are saved when you publish drawings by selecting the following options in the list:

• Drawing folder
• DWF and PDF (sub-folder relative to Drawing folder)
• Previously selected location

Click the [...] button to specify a new location to save the published drawings.

Include

Specifies whether to publish the model, the layouts or both the model and layouts are saved when you publish drawings.

General DWF/PDF options

Specifies options for creating a single-sheet or multi-sheet DWF, DWFx, and PDF files.

File Format

Specifies whether the DWG should be published as a DWF, DWFx, or PDF file.

Type

Specifies that a single-sheet or a multi-sheet is generated for all the sheets listed in the Publish dialog box.

Layer Information

Specifies whether layer information is included in the published DWF, DWFx, or PDF file.

Note: Layer information for 3D DWF entries does not get published.

Merge Control

Specifies whether overlapping lines overwrite (the top line hides the bottom line) or merge (the colors of the lines blend together).

DWF Data Options

Lists and allows you to specify the data that you can optionally include in the published file.

Password Protection

Specifies options for protecting DWF, DWFx, or PDF files with passwords.

Block Information

Specifies whether block property and attribute information is included in the published DWF, DWFx, or PDF files.

Note: You must set block information to Include in order for block template file information to be available.

Block Template File

Allows you to create a new or edit an existing block template (DXEX) file, or use the settings of a previously created block template (BLK, DXE, or DXEX) file.

Note: BLK and DXE files created in AutoCAD 2024 and earlier releases cannot be edited but they can be used to create a new block template (DXEX) file.

Select Create opens the Publish Block Template dialog box, in which you can create a new block template file.

Select Edit opens the Select Block Template dialog box (a standard file selection dialog box), in which you can select an existing block template to modify.

Click the [...] button to specify an existing block template file.