Friday, November 6, 2015

Plotting in Layout (Paper Space)

Layout mean for plotting
You can display drawing with different scales within viewports and a title block with information of drawings

Create Page Setup
Set up paper size and plot area

Right-click on Layout tab - Page Setup Manager




Click New



New page setup name: Office Plan



Plotter: DWF6ePlot.pc3
Plot area 

  • Display: Plots the view in the current viewport
  • Extents: Plots the portion of the current space of the drawing that contains objects (Plot all objects in the drawing)
  • Layout: Plot everything within the printable area
  • Window: Plot any portion of the drawing that you specify

Plot Scale: 1:1
Plot Style Table: acad.stb


Click Set Current

Viewport become very small
Select the viewport and resize it by the grip


Double-click inside the viewport to activate it
Double-click the mouse wheel to Zoom Extents


Status bar - change the scale to 1:2


Lock the viewport


Select the viewport
Ctrl + Arrow key to move the viewport to the center of layout


Plot panel > Preview


Preview before plot to check the drawing
Viewport notmally not plot (Comtrol by layer)


Click Plot on the previre toolbar

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