Auto Save or Make a pdf with AutoCAD 10?

Does AutoCAD 10 have a feature that will save or plot a pdf when a file

is saved or plotted? If so, how do you use it?

Thank you,

when a file is saved or plotted?

Not sure I understand the question. I don't think you would want a pdf created everytime you save a file (for me that would be about every 5 minutes).

Are you simply asking how to create a pdf file?

Or are you asking how to simultaneously create a plot and pdf file?

Auto Save or Make a pdf with AutoCAD 10?

Are you using v10 or v2010?

v2010 has a built in driver.

Haven't used AutoCad '10 however, there are a number of free *.pdf printers available. CutePDF and Primo to name two. *.pdf writers install as a printer.

Select your *.pdf writer and print away.

You will have two files, one will be your drawing1.dwg the second would be drawing1.pdf. A simple procedure.

http://www.primopdf.com/index.aspx

http://www.cutepdf.com/products/cutepdf/Writer.asp

If you want to do auto save their are macro's you can write where one button will save and plot to a pdf, if you want. I wouldn't know too much about them but i am 100% sure it can be done as some guy wrote a button to do just that for me.

I would look for macros or scripts, and i believe they are all done with command line scrips. I could ask the guy once he gets in...

Here is another thing I have been wordering about. AutoCAD has a AutoPublish

command which makes a file but it is not a pdf. What is the purpose of that?

Thank you,

AUTOPUBLISH

"Publishes drawings to DWF, DWFx, or PDF files automatically to a specified location."

So you can get the Autopublish command to publish pdf files?. All I could do is

to get it to make Dwfx files. How do you use it for pdf files?

I don't see where Autopublish prompts the user for pdf files?

Thank you

F1 search on autopublish, I let you do the reading.

F1 search on autopublish, I let you do the reading.

This needs to be more specific.

Good Find, I no doubt will use this at some point.

My issue is the amount of work that may be done in between saves. Saving frequently to have a build-up of files would not work for me then.

I had never used this before, so I did a bit of reading of the Help files myself.

Saving frequently to have a build-up of files would not work for me then.

I don't know, looks to me like it will simply save two files rather than one keeping both the pdf and dwg up-to-date.

I don't know, looks to me like it will simply save two files rather than one keeping both the pdf and dwg up-to-date.

After looking at it again (the pic you posted), it looks like (of course I should just try this) that it will pdf all tabs and model space?

When I make a pfd with Autopublish I allways get Adobe program to come up.

Is there a setting to keep Adobie form coming up when using autopublish?

Thank you,