An AutoCAD drawing may contain lots of external data in the form of X-ref, font styles, images, excel tables, textures, materials for 3D drawings and other components. One time you have finished working on a projection yous demand to ensure that y'all transmit all of these external files to brand it piece of cake for end user to work on the project without searching for the missing components.

Simply selecting external files manually is a fourth dimension consuming and error prone task, AutoCAD has a tool chosen eTransmit which makes this chore very fast and easy. It creates a bundle of all cartoon dependent elements in the form of a ZIP file or folders.

To use eTransmit brand certain you lot accept saved your drawing. After saving click on application button on the top left of your AutoCAD window and click on Publish then eTransmit option as shown in the image above.

Create Transmittal window volition pop upwardly with a tree view of all attachments in your drawings, if you lot desire to view information technology in list view you can switch to Files Table tab.

In the tree view, yous will find electric current drawings panel where all attachments volition be visible. You can add multiple files in the eTransmit package by clicking the Add together File push on the bottom of Electric current Drawings panel as shown in the paradigm beneath.

Below you will detect Enter Notes panel where you tin add notes to the package for the recipient. One time your eTransmittal file is created a written report will exist generated and it will be transmitted equally TXT file along with complete package you tin view that report using View Report button on the bottom left of the window.

On the correct of create transmittal window, y'all will find Transmittal Setups button click on it and a new window will pop up where you can modify settings for transmittal package and salve it for farther utilise.

Click on New button and name your setup then click on Go on, now you tin customize settings of the eTransmittal package using Modify Transmittal Setup window. Let'south take a look at some of the useful options of the window.

Transmittal type and location:

From Transmittal package type drop downwardly card of this panel, you can select the type of packet to create, similar a zip or a simple folder.

transmittal type and location

If your recipient uses an older version of AutoCAD then you can salve drawings in an older version also using File format driblet down menu.

Specify the location where yous want to save the transmittal file using ellipses next to Transmittal file folder field.

Path Options:

Here you will find iii radio buttons equally shown in the image below.

eTransmit in AutoCAD

The first radio push button will make the eTransmittal parcel with each component in a separate folder. Place all files in ane folder option will identify all attached components inside a unmarried binder.

The third option volition create a structured folder such that each component volition maintain its path inside transmittal bundle. For example, if an X-ref is placed inside folder B which is inside folder A then this transmittal will create a folder A inside folder B and then identify the Xref within binder B.

Actions:

Here you lot will again find multiple radio buttons but near of them are cocky-explanatory.

eTransmit in AutoCAD

The Bind external references radio button volition bind your Xref within electric current drawing i.e. it will convert Xref into a block and place it in the drawing.

Purge drawings radio button will make clean your drawing of all unused components like layers, blocks, and linetypes and create the eTransmit package with those cleaned drawings.

Then finally…

Once you have made all required settings click on OK and shut Alter Transmittal Setup window box and click OK over again. Your consummate packet volition be published at the specified location with all settings yous made and then far.

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