Plotting multiple pdfs using custom Acrobat distiller.pc3 file

Despite the existence of Autodesk's DWF file format, all our clients use Adobe Acrobat PDF file format, hence my request stated herein. When attempting to plot a drawing file with multiple tabs to pdf format using the publish feature and an acrobat distiller .pc3 file the resultant file does not attribute the tab name to the filename, it seems to always use the original drawing filename and therefore we do not attain the desired separate pdf files attributed to x no. of tabs but one pdf file with the original drawing filename which is obviously the last tab plotted. Please note that we were able to do this on acad 2000 for a number of years with Batchplot utility which I believe is no longer available (if so please advise, I have not been able to find it on the Autodesk site for 2005) for ACAD 2005 seeing they have incorporated this within the publish feature of ACAD 2004 & 2005 please advise if there is a way of doing this or if it is an inherent feature of 2005 due to publish. Please also note when attempting to plot a single tab via this method it seems to attribute the tab name to the filename. I have also tried renaming each file within the publish list prior to publishing only to have the default drawing file name still override these.
I look forward to hearing from you on this matter.

 

I replied in the 2005 forum, but this group is more appropriate so i'll
copy/paste my response here..

Acrobat doesn't like periods in file names or in tab names. Make sure you're
not using them.
It will cut off names of PDF files if you do...
It doesn't like certain punctuation that windows will allow.. a real pain.
you could consider... publishing to a multisheet dwf and then "printing" the
dwf to acrobat using dwf viewer...

Adobe Acrobat PDF file format, hence my request stated herein. When
attempting to plot a drawing file with multiple tabs to pdf format using the
publish feature and an acrobat distiller .pc3 file the resultant file does
not attribute the tab name to the filename, it seems to always use the
original drawing filename and therefore we do not attain the desired
separate pdf files attributed to x no. of tabs but one pdf file with the
original drawing filename which is obviously the last tab plotted. Please
note that we were able to do this on acad 2000 for a number of years with
Batchplot utility which I believe is no longer available (if so please
advise, I have not been able to find it on the Autodesk site for 2005) for
ACAD 2005 seeing they have incorporated this within the publish feature of
ACAD 2004 & 2005 please advise if there is a way of doing this or if it is
an inherent feature of 2005 due to publish. Please also note when attempting
to plot a single tab via this method it seems to attribute the tab name to
the filename. I have also tried renaming each file within the publish list
prior to publishing only to have the default drawing file name still
override these.

 

Hello maxg. I am having the same issue and am wondering if you have made any
progress in overcoming this problem.

 

This is a response form our cad reseller tech support dept.(refer below), I believe Autodesk are trying to push their DWF format but until their program can produce dwf type files from every type of document i.e. Word, excell etc. as Adobe can, I think they're pushing $%#@ uphill.

Hello Max,

Unfortunately, there is no functionality within the AutoCAD Publish tool to achieve the desired result you are after. As you may have already found from the Autodesk discussion groups and on the internet in general, there are third party apps that may help. Please let us know if there is anything more we can do to assist you with this issue.


Regards,

Sam Saliba
Applications Specialist
KAREL*CAD