Shows the AutoCAD user interface during rendering for monitoring or troubleshooting. If disabled, AutoCAD runs invisibly in the background.

A semicolon-delimited (;) list of source file extensions to be rendered by this module.

To modify the list:

1. Click Change. The Input File Extensions dialog appears.
2. Select the file extensions that you want to be rendered.
3. Click Close. The list is refreshed to show your selections.

Select a rendition type:

Default– Renders drawings with AutoCAD plotter configuration files using the options that are set in the Layout Range and Plotter groups.

AutoLISP command – Shows options with which you can configure an AutoLISP function that you have created for plotting. Select or enter options using the descriptions in the table AutoLISP command options.

Which layout to render. Type the layout tab number in Layout. To use a layout tab number that is saved in a document property, select the property name from the From property list. If this option is not configured correctly, the active layout will be used. Available only when Rendition type is set to Default.

To render drawings with a plotter configuration:

1. Select the desired output format from Output file format. The plotter configuration files that output to the selected format appear in the list.
2. Select a plotter configuration file from the list to use for rendering.
3. Click Plot Options. The Plot Options dialog appears.
4. Select or enter options using the descriptions in the following table.

Available only when Rendition type is set to Default.

Note    For successful rendering, the selected plotter configuration file must be fully configured and operational before it is selected for use with the Publisher.

Click Select media to show the Media Names dialog box and then select a sheet size at which to render to the output. The Media name from property option must be disabled in order to enable this option.

Select an option from the list to specify the area to render. The available options correspond to those saved in the drawing.

Select a scale at which to render the output. Only available if Fit to page is disabled.

Scales the selected plot area to fit the selected sheet size.

Select an option from the list to specify the orientation of the selected plot area within the selected sheet size.

Type the name of an AutoLISP function to execute. The function must be declared with two parameters. The first parameter will be set with the output file name, the second one can be set to a source system property to use as the output file name. The function should execute an AutoCAD command with at least the input responses necessary to produce the desired output file. Providing additional input responses is optional.

Tip    The easiest way to determine the necessary input responses is to execute the command manually and to record the responses that you enter. Then transfer those responses to the function definition.

Following is an example of such an AutoLISP function definition:

(defun C:Render2Plot(outfile prop)
 (princ outfile)
 (command "-PLOT" "Y" "Model" "DWG to PDF.pc3" "ISO A4 (297.00 x 210.00 MM)" ""
  "L" "N" "E" "FIT" "0.00,0.00" "Y" "monochrome.stb" "Y" "" outfile "N" "Y")
)

Type the name of the output file to create or accept the default, which will name the output file with the name of the drawing being plotted.