Default Plot Location Overriding Sheet Set Publish to PDF Location (Refined Issue)

[sgeraciC5Z7G]

Files are stored in LOCALLY IN A ONEDRIVE SYNC'ED FOLDER AND ARE COMING UP THERE WHEN THAT IS NOT THE INTENDED PATH. THIS IS NOT A ONEDRIVE ISSUE. Answerers: Please read the issue clearly before misrepresenting a post that is not yours.

One of the "experts" highjacked my question and made it about oneDrive. I got tired of talking about it. I'll come back to this eventually, but it's not worth the time or effort currently.

I have already spent hours with support and they have not even got an understanding of the issue yet so hopefully this will be more time-effective. Plus, I found a workaround.

Within an arbitrary Sheet Set:

When I am plotting a Multi-Page file, with "Prompt for name" unselected (prepopulated name), the final PDF goes to my default plot location, not the named location in the "Sheet Set PDF Publish Options..."

If I plot individual pages or "Prompt for name" is selected on a multi-sheet, it is plotted to the named location in "Sheet Set PDF Publish Options...". Also, if I use the "Publish Dialogue Box", it is plotted to the correct named location there as well.

Causes? I already work around it but mindless clicking would be nice and this would help lol

[ The subject line of this post has been edited for clarity by @pendean Original: Sheet Set "Publish to PDF" Path Error ]

[pendean]

"default plot location" may be triggering the problem, what is that for you with your SSM publish settings specifically?
and what workaround is that?

[sgeraciC5Z7G]

That seems to be what is occurring but I cannot figure out why.

Default: C:\Users\...\OneDrive...\Documents (where all of my failed "Publish to PDF" Sheet Sets end up, regardless of the sheets or what sheet set i am using)

Sheet Set PDF Publish Options Location: N:\...\Drawings\Electrical\Schematics\CP-1 (does not work on local drives either)

Workaround is using the "Publish Dialogue Box" within the sheet set manager. It plots to the correct location. The quick "Publish to PDF" Drop down or button at the top of SSM is the one giving me issues.

[pendean]

OneDrive? Wish that was in your TOPIC and in your initial post. I'll see if that get edited to better reflect your exact issue.

The error simply means your OS is not allowing access to your "onedrive" location on your PC. I don't use OneDrive that way, perhaps other can if they ever find your posting.

[sgeraciC5Z7G]

No, it publishes to the one drive fine as I have outlined. Please re-read what I wrote and don't edit my post because you mis-read.

"Default: C:\Users\...\OneDrive...\Documents (where all of my failed "Publish to PDF" Sheet Sets end up, regardless of the sheets or what sheet set i am using)"

In fact, like I stated, it publishes ANYWHERE it can find, as long as I don't use the Sheet Set's "Publish to PDF". Once again, the issue is with "Publish to PDF". Using "Publish Dialogue Box" also publishes to anywhere I want (yes including the ACTUAL oneDrive path that is located remotely, which is not the path I used).

In fact, the error I described means it lands in my one drive after "Publish to PDF". The issue is clearly not that AutoCAD cannot find my OneDrive.

(PS Many computers have a onedrive backup to their local. This is my local file system. OneDrive's syncs this LOCAL folder though. Again this is evident through the C: prefix on the drive, indicating a local drive. Ultimately, the fact that one drive is involved is irrelevant to the answer of this issue.)

[pendean]

I've never seen "... it publishes ANYWHERE it can find...with PUBLISH TO PDF" in AutoCAD using SSM or just PUBLISH. Sorry, AutoCAD never just selects something out of the ordinary on its own, you may still have something pointing to ONEDRIVE that remains active that may just require a recreation of your SheetSet to resolve.

When you can, provide a stack of screenshots of every single step from the SSM settings on through publishing, and/or a recorded video of it all in high-res, so folks around here can see your every single choice and setting and options, perhaps we can spot something you are not.

Best wishes.

[sgeraciC5Z7G]

You are drastically overcomplicating this and mis-quoting me. I never said AutoCAD randomly chose a spot. What I said is it is ignoring the Plot Path and going to the default path. Obviously something is pointing to my documents (also not remote one drive, local, hence the C: prefix) and that something is my default plot location.

"... it publishes ANYWHERE it can find...with PUBLISH TO PDF" - exact opposite of what I said - "In fact, like I stated, it publishes ANYWHERE it can find, as long as I don't use the Sheet Set's "Publish to PDF"". So this is the second time you misread the same sentence.

Please read correctly or you are not going to understand the issue.

Why is my default plot location overriding "Publish to PDF" location set in "Sheet Set PDF Publish Options"?

When I use Sheet Set Publish to PDF, It goes to my default location, which is a local drive backed up by OneDrive. All the other publish functionalities plot to any path it can find. Not sure what screenshots will tell you from what I have already described, but here they are:

Path is to an N: for our practice, however test plotting to C: does not affect issue result. (Already stated in original post and replies)

Then I click this button: (Already stated in original post and replies)

Now for the issue: It's not going to the path I specify in the First Screenshot. It goes to my Options>Plot and Publish>Default Location

which is my local "My Documents" Folder. (Already stated in original post and replies) Changing this just changes where "Publish to PDF" plots to.

That's it. That's the entire process. Hope that helped.

[JTBWorld]

I would say it's a bug in AutoCAD. Report it to to Autodesk as such. 

[pendean]

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@sgeraciC5Z7G wrote:

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which is my local "My Documents" Folder.

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Correction, OneDrive

With your screenshots I can totally follow along now and in AutoCAD 2023 (not sure you are) does exactly what you now clearly shows, PDF ends up in a different folder (I set MY DOCUMENTS as the "default location" but not the OneDrive subfolder).

BUT if I then run it a second time soon afterwards, it does show up in MY DOCUMENTS.

if I chose a third location, the second location is used the first Pub2PDF time. the third location is used the second Pub2PDF time.

Very odd. How far did your testing go?

If everyone else here can also replicate it like you and I can, you know what you need to do in the interim until that's fixed. Did you do create/share the above screenshots and step-by-step progress with the Autodesk team by chance? You might want to add to their information.

Best wishes.