A setting of 1 will result in an output of one PDF file with all pages within. A setting of 0 will result in the PDFs printing as individual files. To check or change your settings, type “PUBLISHCOLLATE” in the Command Line. In the top field (Default output location) you can direct where AutoCAD will place the files for that project.ĭepending on your AutoCAD settings, the pages will be either in one PDF or individual PDFs. To change this, right-click on the main SSM heading, click Publish, and click Sheet Set Publish Options. The list displays any plotter configuration files (PC3) found in the plotter configuration search path and any system printers that are configured in the system. With the files selected, right-click on any of the selections…Ĭlick “Publish using Page Setup Override”īy default, the pages will be sent to your “My Documents” folder on your computer. Sets the default output device for new drawings and for drawings created in AutoCAD Release 14 or earlier that have never been saved in AutoCAD 2000 or later format. For multiple files within the heading, hold down the “Ctrl” button on the keyboard and left-click to select which individual files you want to plot. If you want to print all files for one section, then simply right click on the section heading. You now need to select which files you want to plot within the SSM. The Page Setup Manager should show the new setup at the top of the list. Plot Offset: X: -0.5 & Y: 0.0 (This one you might have to play with. Publish Using Page Setup Override: Automatically publishes. Plot Options: “Plot with styles” & “Plot paperspace last” should be checked Publish to Plotter: Automatically publishes the selected sheets to the default plotter or printer. In Page Setup, the fields are as follows: In the New Page Setup dialog, type: “42x30 PDF Horizontal” (This is what we use in the office so it shows up horizontal in Adobe) With your project loaded in the Sheet Set Manager (SSM): Hopefully this will help someone avoid the amount of searching and reading I had to go through! There seems to be some confusion on how this works, and this setup has worked very well for us. After a lot of searching and testing, this is what I have come up with.