AutoPublish feature in AutoCAD 2008, anyone using this?

[mboyer]

Anyone using this? We stumbled upon a profile that had it turned on and everytime the person saved, a dwf file was made containing both model and paperspaces.

Wierd to include model in my opinion.

Marc

[rkmcswain]

I find the whole DWF phenomenon kind of strange myself.

If Autodesk would just enable the ._AREA and ._DIST commands in DWG TrueView, then we wouldn't need to make DWF files just to perform linear and area measurements.

To get back to your question, I suspect model space is included because not every drawing contains sheet files.

[Robert.Hall]

How exactly does Autopublish work?
I have a sheet list for all of my files.
I am guessing it does not republish a sheet list.....or I am mistaken?

[rkmcswain]

How exactly does Autopublish work?

I thought the subject was the autopublish feature in 2008 that can create a DWF each time you save or exit a drawing (depending on the setting).

[Mike.Perry]

Hi Marc

Please note I have *moved* this thread from the CAD Management - General forum to this one, as I feel this particular forum is a more appropriate place for such a topic.

Thanks, Mike

Forum Manager

[Robert.Hall]

I thought the subject was the autopublish feature in 2008 that can create a DWF each time you save or exit a drawing (depending on the setting).

I create my DWF files by using page setups, publish command, and a saved
sheet list. I am guessing Autopublish does not tackle all of the above?

[mboyer]

I'm not sure about the DWF phenomenon. We use DWFs heavily. Whenever projects are printed, we make a dwf that can then be sent anywhere and viewed by anyone who has the free viewer.

I can see the benefit of having Autopublish turned on. You always have current dwf files. If they could figure out a way to not include modelspace, that would be grrreeeaattt.

Not sure about the rest of you, but any setups that we would EVER need to print would reside in Paperspace.

Marc

[rkmcswain]

I can see the benefit of having Autopublish turned on. You always have current dwf files. If they could figure out a way to not include modelspace, that would be grrreeeaattt.

I suspect they are using the same code (idea, thoughts, etc) as is used in Design Review, when you "import" a DWG file. You get MS and all the layouts in that case also.

Not sure about the rest of you, but any setups that we would EVER need to print would reside in Paperspace.

True, but how is Autodesk going to know if you are working on a sheet that you would print or not? We typically have an "overall" drawing, that is xrefed into other "sheet files". The "overall" is a model file that is not included in the set as a sheet - but if a DWF were made from it, a layout view only would be worthless since there is nothing in the layout.