Plotting the Plan.....Cont 02

2.
Click the More Options button; this is the round button with the > symbol in the lower-right
corner of the dialog box. You’ll see some additional options appear on the right side of the
dialog box.



3.
If your last printout wasn’t oriented on the paper correctly, select the Landscape option in
the Drawing Orientation group.
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The appearance of the print preview depends on the type of output device you chose when
you installed AutoCAD or when you last selected a Plotter Device option (described in the section
“WYSIWYG Plotting Using Layout Tabs” later in this chapter). The print preview is also affected
by other settings in the Plot dialog box, such as those in the Drawing Orientation, Plot Offset, and
Plot Area groups. This example shows a typical preview view using the Windows default system
printer in landscape mode.
4.
In the Plot Scale group, clear the Fit To Paper check box. Then, select
1
⁄
16
´ = 1´-0˝ from the
Scale drop-down list. Metric users should select 1:20. As you can see, you have several
choices for the scale of your output.
5.
In the Paper Size group, select Letter. Metric users should select A4. The options in this dropdown
list depend on your Windows system printer or the output device you configured for
AutoCAD.
6.
In the Plot Area group, select Limits from the drop-down list. This tells AutoCAD to use the
limits of your drawing to determine which part of your drawing to plot.
7.
Click the Preview button again to get a preview of your plot.
8.
Right-click, and choose Plot from the shortcut menu. This time, your printout is to scale.
Here, you were asked to specify a few more settings in the Plot dialog box. Several settings work
together to produce a drawing that is to scale and that fits properly on your paper. This is where it
pays to understand the relationship between your drawing scale and your paper’s size, discussed
in Chapter 3. You also saw how you can expand the options in the Plot dialog box.
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The next section is lengthy but doesn’t contain any exercises. If you prefer to continue with the
exercises in this chapter, skip to the section “WYSIWYG Plotting Using Layout Tabs.” Be sure to
come back and read the following section while the previous exercises are still fresh in your mind.