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Batch Plotting (PUBLISH) drawings in AutoCAD - AutoCAD Tutorial
From the course: AutoCAD 2025 Essential Training
Batch Plotting (PUBLISH) drawings in AutoCAD
- [Instructor] We're staying in our GF-1031 Southeast Madison Rev 1 drawing. And we're going to take a quick look now at batch plotting, which is also known as the publish command in AutoCAD. Now at the moment, we've only got a Model tab and a Layout tab. So what we're going to do, we're going to go to the ISO A1 Landscape Layout tab, right-click on it and we're going to do Move or Copy and we're going to move it to the end and create a copy by ticking the box and clicking on OK. So there's ISO A1 Landscape 2. It's exactly the same. Right-click on Landscape 2, rename it and we'll just call it Ground Floor. Now, I'm only doing this so that we've got multiple layouts. They are exactly the same, but, obviously, I don't really have the time to create multiple layouts in a drawing right now. And it is a workflow thing. I just want to show you the workflow and how this all works. So we now have two Layout tabs to work with. Now the best way to get to the publish command is on the Output tab…
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Using the AutoCAD application menu8m 8s
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Using the AutoCAD infobar3m 16s
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Utilizing the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) in AutoCAD4m 56s
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Using the AutoCAD ribbon and panels5m 50s
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Customizing the AutoCAD interface using workspaces3m 58s
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Utilizing the palettes and dialog boxes in AutoCAD6m 24s
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Working with the AutoCAD command line4m 20s
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Using Dynamic Input (DYNMODE) for quicker input in AutoCAD4m 4s
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Using the AutoCAD status bar to your advantage4m 47s
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Using your Autodesk account3m 54s
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Navigating model space and paper space using the tab tools in AutoCAD3m 22s
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Navigating drawings with Zoom and Pan5m 24s
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Working in model space and paper space in AutoCAD4m 44s
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Navigating easily by saving and restoring views in AutoCAD7m 8s
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Working with the mouse and mouse settings4m 2s
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Utilizing the ViewCube and the Navigation Bar for easy AutoCAD navigation6m 23s
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Selecting objects in your AutoCAD drawings5m 45s
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Using Move and Copy in your AutoCAD drawings2m 31s
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Using Rotate and Scale in your AutoCAD drawings5m 48s
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Using Mirror and Offset in your AutoCAD drawings6m 14s
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Using Break and Join in your AutoCAD drawings7m 37s
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Using Grips and Grip Editing in your AutoCAD drawings4m 14s
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Using Boundaries with your AutoCAD drawings5m 23s
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Using Fillet and Chamfer on AutoCAD geometry4m 35s
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Using Divide and Measure for accurate drafting in AutoCAD7m 58s
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Editing polylines and splines quickly and accurately in AutoCAD7m 29s
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Using Trim and Extend for accurate and precise drafting in AutoCAD3m 53s
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Creating and using arrays in your AutoCAD drawings7m 6s
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Using Stretch and Lengthen to edit AutoCAD geometry5m 19s
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Using the Hatch command to highlight areas in AutoCAD drawings3m 46s
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Using the Gradient command for enhanced colors in AutoCAD drawings3m 22s
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Using Draw Order to display hatches and gradients effectively in AutoCAD2m 59s
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Editing hatches and gradients quickly and effectively in AutoCAD2m 16s
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Creating and using AutoCAD text styles4m 8s
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Working with single line text (TEXT) and multiline text (MTEXT) in AutoCAD10m 34s
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Creating and using AutoCAD dimension styles effectively9m 10s
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Adding dimensions to your AutoCAD drawings quickly and easily7m 8s
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Using Quick Leader (QLEADER) in your AutoCAD drawings4m 31s
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Creating and using table styles in AutoCAD3m 49s
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Adding a table to your AutoCAD drawing4m 12s
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Creating and using multileader styles in your AutoCAD drawings4m 6s
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Working with a multileader in your AutoCAD drawings4m 2s
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Aligning text precisely and accurately in AutoCAD5m 43s
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Editing dimensions and dimension overrides in AutoCAD drawings2m 47s
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Breaking and spacing AutoCAD dimensions quickly and easily3m 31s
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Using Continue and Baseline to enhance your AutoCAD dimension annotation3m 53s
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Using automatic dimensioning in your AutoCAD drawings2m 31s
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Working with AutoCAD object properties3m 6s
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Changing the linetype scale in your AutoCAD drawings3m 44s
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Using Hide and Isolate in AutoCAD drawings1m 59s
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Creating new layers and working with the layer dropdown menu in AutoCAD3m 33s
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Using the layer tools in AutoCAD drawings3m 9s
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Working with layer states in AutoCAD drawings2m 19s
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Using groups with geometry in AutoCAD3m 13s
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Creating and inserting an AutoCAD block into a drawing4m 43s
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Redefining block definitions in an AutoCAD drawing7m 27s
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Using the EXPLODE command with blocks in your AutoCAD drawings1m 53s
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Creating a simple dynamic block in an AutoCAD drawing5m 52s
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Using the WBLOCK command to write blocks to AutoCAD drawings6m 38s
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Creating a simple block with attributes in AutoCAD5m 7s
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Working with the Enhanced Attribute Editor in AutoCAD2m 29s
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Working with table styles in your AutoCAD drawings4m 29s
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Designing a table in your AutoCAD drawing4m 57s
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Adding fields to an AutoCAD table in your drawing3m 36s
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Locking viewports in your AutoCAD drawings2m 38s
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Freezing viewport layers in AutoCAD drawings3m 40s
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Using annotative text styles in your AutoCAD drawings3m 29s
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Using annotative dimensions in your AutoCAD drawings3m 42s
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Using revision clouds in your AutoCAD drawings4m 46s
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Creating a simple title block for your AutoCAD drawing8m 44s
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Defining your page setup in your AutoCAD drawings5m 40s
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Adding new scaled viewports in AutoCAD drawings6m 18s
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Using annotative scaling in your AutoCAD drawings5m 7s
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Printing and plotting your AutoCAD drawings2m 48s
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Working with cloud-based storage for AutoCAD drawings2m 52s
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Saving and opening to and from the AutoCAD Web and Mobile folders2m 14s
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Using AutoCAD drawings through AutoCAD Web6m 10s
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Using Traces to collaborate on drawings with AutoCAD Web4m 23s
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Using the Traces palette on the AutoCAD desktop to collaborate on drawings2m 15s
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Sharing AutoCAD drawings with other stakeholders5m 5s
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