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    Batch plot PDF in AutoCAD

    Jon Rizzo
    Jon Rizzo over 4 years ago

    It seems like there are a few ways to batch plot PDF files from AutoCAD drawings that are stored in ProjectWise, and none of them seem ideal.  First, there is the Sheet Set Manager, which brings with it quite a bit of performance overhead and allows the user to potentially open sheets directly from their working folder without checking them out.  Then, there are Renditions, which are really fast and easy to use, but they use Microstation to generate the PDFs, so the output never looks exactly right. Then, there is publish, which the user can use to generates a batch plot list by painfully selecting one drawing at a time.  Additionally, the resulting batch plot list is tied to the current user's working folder, which usually contains the user's name.  This means that other users can't plot the same list. These issues are still present in the latest update (3.2).

    Is there a better method available that doesn't suffer from integration-related issues like the ones above?  What is the BEST way to batch plot AutoCAD files in ProjectWise?

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