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QUESTION: I have three layouts which i want to plot in single pdf.
For that I have selected all layouts, then option displays publsh selected layouts.
Then there is three options for publish something likes Publish to DWF, Publish to DWFx, Publish to Plotter..
I have selected publish to plotter, this dialog box has publish options also.
I have gone through this option, but file format & file type shows only DWF.
I have attached this image.
When i click publish, i got three separate files for each layout i.e. layout1 has layout1 pdf, layout2 has layout2 pdf etc.
I want single pdf from these three layouts.

Please advice

ANSWER: My PDF writer is a free downloaded one and it also writes one sheet at a time with AutoCAD.  So, I use PDFTOOLS from Sheelapps to join the pages into one document.  It works really well.  You can find it here:
http://sheelapps.com/index.php?p=PDFTools.HomePage&action=view

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Bill DeShawn
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---------- FOLLOW-UP ----------

QUESTION: Sir,
Can i get these pdfs from [Dwg to pdf.pc3] plotter.
Is there is any option.
Another is can we add page break in autocad files

Answer
Jyotsna:

Sorry I didn't see this question until now.

A PDF file acts just like a plotter.  It will only create one sheet at a time.  AutoCAD has no page break.  But it does have a Sheet set manager.  I recommend looking into that.  The PUBLISH command has no PDF options or capabilities.  That is why for me, PDFTOOLS is the preferred choice at this time.

Keep in touch
Bill DeShawn
http://my.sterling.net/~bdeshawn

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