Publishing provides a streamlined alternative to plotting multiple drawings by providing compressed representations of drawings in a file that is easy to view and distribute.
Publishing provides an easy way to create a paper or an electronic drawing set.
An electronic drawing set is the digital equivalent of a set of printed drawings. You create an electronic drawing set by publishing drawings to a PDF file. You can create a paper drawing set by publishing the layouts to the printer named in its page setup.
Using the Batch Publish dialog box, you can assemble a collection of drawings to publish. Once you have created a list of layouts in the Batch Publish dialog box, you can publish the drawings to any of the following: