Autocad printing sheet set pdf#
Find the new 'AutoCAD PDF (Whatever whatever).pc3' file(s) in the 2016 local installation folders. The file(s) is(are) likely missing from the Plotter Search Path. In AutoCAD 2016, there are new DWG to PDF plotters. You can disable background publishing from the Options Dialog Box (Plot and Publish tab -> Background Processing Options -> clear/un-toggle the 'Enable Background Plot When Publishing' option). When publishing to PDF from the Sheet Set Manager, no file is created and the print dialog box shows errors. Although the idea of printing in the background while you continue to work on drawings sounds like a great idea, it typically can severely impact performance. You need to "right-click" the sheet set name at the root of the SSM tree (Sheet Set Manager Palette) and select "Close Sheet Set" from the shortcut menu. This is different from simply closing the SSM. Close the DST file if you are not using it.The 'default' setting for FIELDEVAL is 31 (turns every option on for that variable).
Autocad printing sheet set update#
Check the FIELDEVAL system variable or the Options dialog box (User Preferences -> Field Update Settings) and adjust how often the fields are evaluated. If your sheets contain a lot of fields and they are refreshed often, this will negatively impact SSM performance. Check how frequently 'FIELDS' are refreshed.Disable SSMAUTOOPEN (set to 0) to prevent the automatic opening of a DST file when you load a SSM drawing.Making this (or the previous) change for all users on a project may help minimize the amount of traffic to and from the DST file. Turn off automatic refreshing of sheet sets completely by setting SSMSHEETSTATUS to 0 (in this case, refreshing must be done manually).Note: The system variable, SSMSHEETSTATUS must be set to 2 for the timer to operate. The default refresh time is 60 seconds, but you can modify it to a maximum of 600 seconds (10 minutes). Batch Plotting and Publishing Your Sheet Set Another advantage to using sheet sets is that you can print all the sheets in a set at once and in the. Increase the SSMPOLLTIME system variable to lengthen the time between refreshes.The list below outlines several options to increase SSM performance.