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Overview of Creating or Modifying a DWF6 Configuration File

The DWF6 ePlot.pc3 plotter configuration file is the default driver for the PUBLISH command. You can use the DWF6 ePlot.pc3 plotter configuration file as installed, or you can modify it using the Properties button in the Plot dialog box. This invokes the pc3 editor, where you can make changes directly to the DWF6 ePlot.pc3 file. Although you can save DWF6 ePlot.pc3 files under other names to use with the Plot command, no other name works with the PUBLISH command. Any changes you make to the DWF6 ePlot.pc3 file are used whenever you plot or publish DWF6 files until you change the settings of your DWF6 ePlot.pc3 file again.

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

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 DWF6 ePlot.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
Note: DWF files intended for plotting should be configured with a white background color. If the background color is set to black, color 7 objects are plotted as white. For all other background colors, color 7 objects are plotted as black.

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