Updated DWF/PDF Batch Publish for AutoCAD Now Available

Q: What do cookies and design publishing have in common?
A: I like them in batches.

The March ADN plugin of the month is the DWF/PDF Batch Publish for AutoCAD utility. You can download it including source code at:

Free Download of DWF/PDF Batch Publish for AutoCAD via Autodesk Labs

It seems that a Mr. Richard Feder from Fort Lee, New Jersey wrote in:

I am testing your Batch Publish add-on, and when I run it I get this error.

In response this update includes support for file path characters that are reserved in XML (like &, %, etc.). While they were at it, the developers changed the code to stop terminating when certain innocuous exceptions are thrown during PUBLISH of certain drawings and to more reliably add demand-loading entries on certain AutoCAD verticals such as AutoCAD Electrical.

Honing our sample source code and functionality based on user feedback is alive in the lab.