To Export Selected Layouts to a PDF File

You can generate individual PDF files for each layout or generate just one multi-page PDF file.

  1. Press and hold the Ctrl key and near the bottom-left of the drawing area, click the layout tabs that you want to export.
  2. Right-click and select Publish Selected Layouts.
  3. In the Publish dialog box, in the Publish To: drop-down list, select PDF.
  4. In the PDF preset drop-down list, select the preset that you want to use.

Note: The program includes several PDF presets that are optimized for the purpose identified by its name. For example, the AutoCAD PDF (Web and Mobile) preset generates PDF files optimized for viewing on mobile devices and Web browsers.

  1. Click Publish Options.
  2. To generate a multi-page PDF file, select Multi-sheet file. To generate one PDF file for each layout, clear the Multi-sheet file check box.
  3. Specify the settings for the PDF file.
  4. Click OK.

Tip: You can improve publishing performance by turning off background publishing. To turn off background publishing, clear the Publish in background check box (Publish Controls group) in the Publish dialog box.

Related Concepts

Related Tasks