Recently while trying to create a multi-sheet dwf file we experienced problems trying to publish a dwf file containing layouts which we had successfully published on their own in the past. The log file contained the following errors
1. "Error setting plot scale", and
2. "Layout properties error"
After pulling our hair out trying to trace the difference between the layout which triggered the error and the others we realised that the only difference was that the plot scale was entered manually as a custom scale rather than one of the standard scales from the pull down menu. When this item was changed the DWF file plotted successfully.
We have since then confirmed that both AutoCAD 2004 and LT 2004 are unable to publish layouts with custom plot scales. This was not an issue with our previous version of AutoCAD 2002
Is this a known problem? Is there a way to work around this?
Our office uses AutoCAD 2004 on Windows XP (SP2) work stations managed by a license manager, in addition to a few stand alone LT 2004 installations
Ian Nicholls
