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Save a drawing as a DWF or DWFx file, and view plot and publish details.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
5 min.
Tutorial resources
These downloadable resources will be used to complete this tutorial:
Transcript
00:04
Once you have established the DWF output settings,
00:07
you are ready to export a drawing as ad WF file
00:12
on the output ribbon
00:14
in the export to DWF PDF panel. When you expand the what to export, drop down,
00:21
you can export the current layout
00:24
or all layouts
00:26
leave this set to current layout for now
00:30
when you expand the page setup, drop down,
00:33
you can select the current page set up or select override
00:38
to open the page setup override dialogue.
00:42
Here you initially see the settings for the current page setup
00:47
but you can use the controls in this dialogue
00:50
to override individual settings. When you export the DWF file
00:55
note that when exporting all layouts, you cannot override page setups
01:02
click cancel to close this dialogue
01:06
to export ad WF file
01:08
on the output ribbon
01:10
in the export to DWF PDF panel,
01:13
expand the export split button.
01:17
You can select either DW FX or DWF.
01:21
Both are secure file formats developed by Autodesk to
01:25
combine and publish rich two D and 3D design data
01:29
for sharing with others.
01:31
DW FX is the newest version of the DWF file format.
01:36
DW FX is based on the XML paper specification
01:40
and therefore can be viewed and printed with the Microsoft XPS viewer,
01:46
a free program included with the Windows operating system
01:49
for this exercise. Select DW FX to open the save as DW FX dialogue.
01:57
Here you can select the folder in which you want to
02:00
save the DWF file and specify the name of the file.
02:06
The name of the current drawing is displayed as the default file name
02:10
with the DW FX file extension added
02:14
on the right side of the dialogue.
02:17
In the current settings group box,
02:19
you see the current DWF settings,
02:23
you can click options
02:25
to access the same export to DWF options, dialogue
02:29
that you accessed using the tool in the rhythm.
02:32
Click cancel to close this dialogue
02:37
in the output controls group box. If you select open in viewer, when done,
02:43
the DWF file will be opened in your default DWF
02:46
viewer as soon as the DWF file has been created.
02:51
If you select include plot stamp,
02:54
the DWF file will include a visible stamp placed in
02:58
a corner of each sheet of the resulting DWF file,
03:02
click plot stamp settings to open the plot stamp dialogue.
03:08
Here you can determine what information is included in the plot stamp
03:13
such as the drawing name, date and time login name and so on.
03:19
Click advanced to open the advanced settings, dialogue,
03:24
the controls in this dialogue,
03:26
let you specify the location of the plot stamp and its text properties.
03:33
Click cancel to close both dialogue boxes.
03:40
The export settings,
03:41
let you determine whether the DWF file contains just the current
03:45
paper space layout or all of the layouts in the drawing.
03:50
When this is set to current layout,
03:53
you can expand the page setup drop down
03:56
and choose to export the DWF using the current page set up for the current layout
04:02
or override the page setup settings.
04:05
When you select override,
04:08
you can then click page setup override
04:12
to open the same page setup. Override dialogue
04:15
you accessed from the ribbon.
04:18
Click cancel to close this dialogue,
04:24
expand the export, drop down
04:26
and change this back to all layouts
04:30
again. When exporting all of the layouts, you cannot override page setups.
04:36
The resulting DWF file will be based on the page setups
04:40
already defined for each layout.
04:44
When you have everything set the way you want
04:47
click save
04:49
to start exporting the DWF file.
04:59
Once the DWF file has been created,
05:01
you see a balloon notification in the lower right corner
05:05
letting you know that the file was created successfully.
05:09
If there were any problems creating the DWF file,
05:12
you would see a message to that effect.
05:15
Either way when you click the link in the balloon,
05:18
you see a plot and publish
05:19
details dialogue containing information about the plotting
05:23
and publishing jobs that have been completed during the current drawing session.
05:30
Click close to close this dialogue.
Video transcript
00:04
Once you have established the DWF output settings,
00:07
you are ready to export a drawing as ad WF file
00:12
on the output ribbon
00:14
in the export to DWF PDF panel. When you expand the what to export, drop down,
00:21
you can export the current layout
00:24
or all layouts
00:26
leave this set to current layout for now
00:30
when you expand the page setup, drop down,
00:33
you can select the current page set up or select override
00:38
to open the page setup override dialogue.
00:42
Here you initially see the settings for the current page setup
00:47
but you can use the controls in this dialogue
00:50
to override individual settings. When you export the DWF file
00:55
note that when exporting all layouts, you cannot override page setups
01:02
click cancel to close this dialogue
01:06
to export ad WF file
01:08
on the output ribbon
01:10
in the export to DWF PDF panel,
01:13
expand the export split button.
01:17
You can select either DW FX or DWF.
01:21
Both are secure file formats developed by Autodesk to
01:25
combine and publish rich two D and 3D design data
01:29
for sharing with others.
01:31
DW FX is the newest version of the DWF file format.
01:36
DW FX is based on the XML paper specification
01:40
and therefore can be viewed and printed with the Microsoft XPS viewer,
01:46
a free program included with the Windows operating system
01:49
for this exercise. Select DW FX to open the save as DW FX dialogue.
01:57
Here you can select the folder in which you want to
02:00
save the DWF file and specify the name of the file.
02:06
The name of the current drawing is displayed as the default file name
02:10
with the DW FX file extension added
02:14
on the right side of the dialogue.
02:17
In the current settings group box,
02:19
you see the current DWF settings,
02:23
you can click options
02:25
to access the same export to DWF options, dialogue
02:29
that you accessed using the tool in the rhythm.
02:32
Click cancel to close this dialogue
02:37
in the output controls group box. If you select open in viewer, when done,
02:43
the DWF file will be opened in your default DWF
02:46
viewer as soon as the DWF file has been created.
02:51
If you select include plot stamp,
02:54
the DWF file will include a visible stamp placed in
02:58
a corner of each sheet of the resulting DWF file,
03:02
click plot stamp settings to open the plot stamp dialogue.
03:08
Here you can determine what information is included in the plot stamp
03:13
such as the drawing name, date and time login name and so on.
03:19
Click advanced to open the advanced settings, dialogue,
03:24
the controls in this dialogue,
03:26
let you specify the location of the plot stamp and its text properties.
03:33
Click cancel to close both dialogue boxes.
03:40
The export settings,
03:41
let you determine whether the DWF file contains just the current
03:45
paper space layout or all of the layouts in the drawing.
03:50
When this is set to current layout,
03:53
you can expand the page setup drop down
03:56
and choose to export the DWF using the current page set up for the current layout
04:02
or override the page setup settings.
04:05
When you select override,
04:08
you can then click page setup override
04:12
to open the same page setup. Override dialogue
04:15
you accessed from the ribbon.
04:18
Click cancel to close this dialogue,
04:24
expand the export, drop down
04:26
and change this back to all layouts
04:30
again. When exporting all of the layouts, you cannot override page setups.
04:36
The resulting DWF file will be based on the page setups
04:40
already defined for each layout.
04:44
When you have everything set the way you want
04:47
click save
04:49
to start exporting the DWF file.
04:59
Once the DWF file has been created,
05:01
you see a balloon notification in the lower right corner
05:05
letting you know that the file was created successfully.
05:09
If there were any problems creating the DWF file,
05:12
you would see a message to that effect.
05:15
Either way when you click the link in the balloon,
05:18
you see a plot and publish
05:19
details dialogue containing information about the plotting
05:23
and publishing jobs that have been completed during the current drawing session.
05:30
Click close to close this dialogue.
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