AutoCAD/DWF imporper zoom

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Expert: - 2/11/2011


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I use an old R14 PC3 in MAP 3D 2011 to export drawings to DWF. The PC3 works fine for hundreds of file, but for one file the zoom level is wrong when you open the file.  The drawing is somewhere to the right of the viewing pane and very small (i.e. when you open the DWF file in Viewer it looks like nothing is there).  Fit to Windows fixes the view, but it causes confusion with the end-users, some of which are not very experienceds with CAD.  Any hint as to what might be causing this problem?

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Glen:  
As I recall, R14 didn't use PC3 files.  However, you might have used a PC2 file to create a new PC3 file for your current installation of AutoCAD.  Nevertheless, to create a DWF file, AutoCAD MAP and other newer versions of AutoCAD come with a new "PublishToWeb DWF" writer.  There are multiple ones to choose from.  Some are optimized for viewing and others for plotting.  Try some of the different PC3 files that come with AutoCAD software, and see if your initial view comes out right.  Please get back to me and let me know how it goes.

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