Sharing Drawings Via Email With eTransmit

AutoCAD's eTransmit lets you easily share ShipConstructor drawings by email, while ensuring that all dependent files are included.

A common problem when sending a ShipConstructor drawing to someone is neglecting to include related dependent files. A typical drawing file is interconnected with several other files, such as fonts, plot styles, raster images, and externally referenced drawings. In some cases, neglecting to include these dependent files can make the drawing file unusable by the recipient.

With AutoCAD’s eTransmit, you can easily package a drawing along with all of its dependent files. You can then send this package to anyone via email, CD or DVD.

Creating a transmittal package

1. Select File > eTransmit. You can use the Add File button to include additional drawings. In the Files Tree you can click a drawing node to expand and view its dependent files, or select or unselect files to include in the package.
2. Click Transmittal Setups and then Modify. Set Transmittal package type to Zip or Self-extracting executable and set Transmittal file folder to the location to save the package.
3. Click OK, Close and OK to create the package.

Emailing a transmittal package

In your email application, create a new message and attach the Zip or Exe file as you would for any other attachment. Make sure you check the size of the file first. Drawing files and transmittal packages can be quite large, and may be slow to send/receive over slow Internet connections.

More options

eTransmit includes many options. You can include notes with a package or produce a report that includes instructions for the recipient. You can restrict access to a package by requiring a password be entered. You can even generate a web page with a link to the files, instead of sending the package via email.

eTransmit is an easy and error-free way to share ShipConstructor drawings.

- Mr. Steve Ivison, Project Manager