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Outputting to different file formats - AutoCAD Tutorial
From the course: AutoCAD 2018 Essential Training
Outputting to different file formats
- [Voiceover] Using the Output tab in AutoCAD, you can also export various different types of output to different file types. So what we've got is the 15_CreatingOutput.dwg file. I've stayed in that drawing. And hopefully, you're still following along with your own version of that drawing as you work through the videos in this section. I'm in the GA layout tab of the drawing at the moment. And in the output tab, you'll notice there is a panel, Export to DWF PDF. If I click on the little flyout here, you can see that I can export out to DWFX, a DWF, and a PDF. DWFX is an XML-enabled version of the DWF which is the Autodesk equivalent of a PDF file, the Document Web Format File. And what it allows you to do is export Autodesk information out into a compressed format in a very similar fashion to a PDF. Now, I can export out to any of these file types at any time, overriding any previous settings I may have like page setups, for example. All I do is I export out what I want to export…
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