How to publish drawings or project with specific page setup in AutoCAD Electrical

Autodesk Support

Oct 8, 2023


Products and versions covered


Issue:

You want to know, how to apply a specific page setup setting to multiple drawings/sheets of a project in AutoCAD Electrical so that you publish to PDF with that page setup.

Causes:

No page setup configuration has been assign (set as current) for the model space of the drawing you want to import the page setup from. 

Solution:

Try one of the following methods:

Setting Page Setup Override during Publish

When you are using PUBLISH or AEPUBLISH command to start the publish process:-
  1. Create the page setup correctly inside at least one of the drawings, then save the drawing.
  2. Once on the Publish dialog for the project, under Page Setup column, choose Import... and locate the drawing you configured earlier.
  3. Continue the Publish process.
Example - Publish dialog box with Model space of all the drawings of the project. 
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Using Drawing Convert

Another option is to use the DWGCONVERT command, and overwrite the page setup for all drawings once to make them all have the same page setup initially. 
  1. Create the page setup correctly inside at least one of the drawings, then save the drawing.
  2. From a blank drawing, run the command DWGCONVERT.
  3. Click Conversion Setup.
  4. From the list, select a profile you want to modify.
  5. Click Modify.
  6. Activate the checkbox for "Replace page setups", then click "Page Setups...".
  7. Navigate to the drawing that you prepared with the page setup settings.
  8. Finish the process by clicking OK and accepting to convert your drawings and save them on the hard drive.
Example - Adjusting the DWG Convert setup to include "Replace page setups". 

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Products:

AutoCAD Electrical;


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