Publish

Load Sheet List

Loads a saved sheet list.

If the current list is not saved yet, you are prompted to save it.

A File dialog displays. Select a *.dsd (Drawing Set Description) file, then double click or click the Open button.

Choose whether to Replace the current sheet list or to Append the sheets in the *.dsd file to the current sheet list.

Save Sheet List

Saves the current sheet list to a a *.dsd (Drawing Set Description) file.

Automatically load all open drawings.

If checked, adds the model and paper space layouts of all open drawings.

If not checkked, adds the model and paper space layouts of the current drawing only.

Sets the value of the PUBLISHALLSHEETS system variable.

Publish to:

Allows to choose the output target of the Publish command:

• Plotter named in page setup.

• PDF
  
  

• Output location: Click the Browse button () and select a folder.

• File: Select an option:

• • Single-Sheet file: each layout is published to a separate pdf. The file names are: <drawing>_<layout>.pdf

  • Multi-sheet file: layouts are published to a single file. You can choose to specify a name or to be prompted for a name when the publish procedure starts.

• Layer information:

• • Don't use layers: no layers are exported.

  • Use layers / include OFF-layers: all layers are exported.

  • Use layers / Don't include OFF-layers: currently ON layers are exported only.

Add Sheets

Adds sheets to the current list.

Displays a File dialog.

Select a drawing. All layouts in the selected drawing are added to the sheet list.

If a sheet name already exists, a dialog box displays prompting you to enter a new name.

Remove Sheets

Deletes the selected sheet(s) from the current list.

Arrange Sheets

Allows to move selected sheets up or down or to reverse the sheet order.

Drawing

Path and name of the drawing of the currently selected sheet.

Layout

Layout name of the currently selected sheet

Sheet List

Sheet Name

Layout name of the sheet.

Page Setup

Page Setup name of the sheet.

Click the down arrow on the list button to select a different page setup.

Choose Import... to import page setups of another drawing.

A File dialog displays: select a drawing, then double click or click the Open button.

All page setups in the selected drawing are available in the Page Setup list button.

Plot Device

Name of the plot device as defined in the Page Setup of the sheet.

Plot Size

Size of the paper in the currently selected page setup.

Orientation

Paper orientation in the currently selected page setup: Landscape () or Portrait ().

Scale

Scale of the currently selected page setup.

Status

Status of the currently selected page setup.

Number of copies

Number of copies to create.

Include plot stamp

If checked, a plot stamp is added.

Edit Plot Stamp

Click to setup the plot stamp.

Publish in background

The BACKGROUNDPLOT system variable controls whether documents are published in the current session or in a BricsCAD session running in the background, which allows to continue working while printing.

Publish

Publishes the current sheet set to the selected output target.