Dwf doesn't use Autocad page setup, instead uses zoom extents

[snappyjazz]

Hello,

We have Autocad drawings that have a lot of revisions. When the rev block gets too big to fit on the page, we place the last 5 or 10 revs on the drawing and the rest get moved off to the size the of the drawing (out side the print area). The page setup uses a window, set to the min & max points of the titleblock. When checking dwg's in to vault it always used the page setup and turned out fine, but when we upgraded to 2024 it switched to zoom extents by default and not using the page setup.

Side note --> In Autocad on the Output tab, you can export a dwf to the desktop. Using this I get a dwf the correct way, but when I check in the dwg, the dwf in vault is wrong. 

Correct DWF from the output tab in Autocad:

Incorrect dwf in Vault:

Page setup in front of the dwg

In Vault settings, on the visualization tab in the publish options:

These are my options:

Am I missing a setting somewhere that would cause this?

[Gabriel_Watson]

Try switching the AutoCAD Common settings in the application dropdown of that dialog, and enable "Use page settings from user DWG". That might also require you to open AutoCAD in the Job Processor used to generate the DWFs to set it up for correct DWF export options.

[snappyjazz]

@Gabriel_Watson 

Thank you.

About setting up AutoCAD on the job processor machine: what do you mean set it up for correct dwf export?

[Gabriel_Watson · Accepted solution]

https://help.autodesk.com/view/VAULT/2024/ENU/?guid=GUID-9C85DA40-0363-4C31-912E-3B290DD3C5E7&v=2025

"Use Page Settings From User DWG -- Ignores all other settings in the Publish Options dialog and uses the settings from the publishing application."

So I assume your job processor handling the task will need to have the setup aligned with your standards. Either in AutoCAD or Design Review.