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PLOTTING

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PLOTTING

Prepare steps for plotting
Determine part of drawing to
plot
Choose paper and size of
paper
Prepare plotter and printer

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PREPARATORY STEPS FOR PLOTTING
There are three methods of plotting
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Click Plot from the Standard toolbar
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Select Printer / plotter

Paper Size

Copies

Plot Area
Scale

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DETERMINE PART OF DRAWING TO PLOT
When plotting a drawing, you must specify the area of the
drawing to plot
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When plotting on the Model tab, it plots the entire drawing area defined by
the drawing limits
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Display
Plots the view in the current viewport in the Model tab or the current
paper space view in a layout tab
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All geometry in the current space is plotted
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View
Plots a view saved previously with the VIEW command
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If there are no saved views in the drawing, this option is unavailable
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Click the Window button to use a pointing device to specify opposite
corners of the area to be plotted, or enter coordinate values
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In the Plot dialog box, under Plot Area, specify the portion of your
drawing that you want to plot
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Then choose OK to plot the
drawing
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The options in this group allow you to select the paper size
and the measurement system you are using
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These sizes are derived from the sizes available from your
currently selected system printer
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In the Page Setup dialog box, under Printer/Plotter, select a plotter
in the Name box
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The paper sizes listed depend on the plotter you selected
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The layout reflects the changes
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You do not need to configure these devices with the system
printer driver unless the AutoCAD defaults differ from the
Windows values
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When you specify a scale to output your drawing, you can choose
from a list of real-world scales, enter your own scale, or choose
Scaled to Fit to scale the drawing to fit onto the selected paper
size
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That is, you decide how to interpret the size of a unit (an inch, a
millimeter, a meter) and draw on a 1:1 scale
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When you plot
the drawing, you either specify a precise scale or fit the image to
the paper
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The method used to set the plot scale depends on whether you plot
on the Model tab or in a layout:
On the Model tab, you can establish the scale on the Plot Settings tab in the
Plot dialog box
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In a layout, you work with two scales
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The second is the scale of the model itself, which is displayed in floating
viewports
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PREPARE PLOTTER AND PRINTER
Set a Specific Scale
When you plot, you can choose the unit type, inches or millimeters,
under Paper Size and Paper Units
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The illustrations show a light bulb plotted at three dif ferent scales
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You can use the Scaled to Fit option to plot the view at the largest
possible size that fits the paper
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When you plot a perspective view from model space, the view is
scaled to fit the paper even when you enter a scale
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AutoCAD updates this scale whenever you change the unit type,
paper size, plotter, plot origin, orientation, or size of the plotted
area in the Plot dialog box
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In the Plot dialog box, Plot Settings tab, under Plot Scale, select a scale
from the Scale box
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PREPARE PLOTTER AND PRINTER
CH O OSING LINET YPES
Linetype can be set as an object proper ty or controlled when plotted by
using a plot style
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A s s ign L i n e typ es

When you select the Linetype field in the Plot Style Table Editor, AutoCAD
displays a list with a sample and a description of each linetype
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Whether you choose to assign a linetype as a proper ty of the object or as a
plot style, you can set the Adaptive Adjustment option
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If you do not select Adaptive Adjustment, the line might end in the middle
of a pattern
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Turn on Adaptive Adjustment if complete linetype patterns are more
impor tant than correct linetype scaling
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To set the plotted linetype
From the File menu,
choose Manage Plot
Style
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PREPARE PLOTTER AND PRINTER
In the Plot Style Table Editor, Form View tab, select the plot style
you want to change
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To specify that AutoCAD should use the object's linetype, choose
Use Object Linetype
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Choose Save & Close
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PREPARE PLOTTER AND PRINTER
To plot a drawing
From the File menu, choose Plot
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(Optional) Under Plot Style Table (Pen Assignments), select a plot style
table from the Name box
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Select Settings to specify the plot stamp settings
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Under Paper Size, select a paper size from the Paper Size box
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Under Plot Area, specify the portion of your drawing that you want to
plot
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Choose OK

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