#Autocad printing full
#Autocad printing windows

Click Full Preview again to get a preview of your plot.

вЂThis tells AutoCAD toВ use the limits of your drawing to determine which part of your drawing to plot In the Plot Area button group, click the Limits option.

#Autocad printing windows

The options available inВ this drop-down listВ willВ depend on your Windows system printer or the output device you have configuredВ for AutoCAD. Metric users shouldВ click the mrn radio button,В and select A4 (210 x 297mm).

In the Paper Size and Paper Units button group, selectВ the Inches radio buttonВ then select Letter (8.5 x 11 in).

As you can see, you have quite a few choices for the scale.of your output.

Open the Scale drop-down list and select 1/16вЂі = 10вЂі.

If your last printout was not oriented on the papcr correctly, then select theВ Landscape option in the Drawing Orientation button group.

YouВ used the minimal settings to ensure that the complete drawing appears on the paper.В Next, try plotting your drawing to an exact scale. YouвЂ™ve just done your.first plot just to see how the drawing looks on paper.

Your plotter or printer prints out the plan to no particular scale.

AutoCAD sends theВ drawing to your printer.

Right-click, then select Plot from the popup menu.

Click the Full Preview button in the lower-left corner of the dialog box.В AutoCAD works for a moment, then displays a sample view showing youВ how your drawing will appear on your printer output.

Make sure the Scaled to fit option is selected in the Plot Scale button group.

This tells AutoCAD to plot the drawingВ as it looks in the drawing window.

Make sure the Plot Settings tab is selected, then click the Display radio buttonВ in the Plot Area button group.

Choose View > Zoom > All to display the entire drawing.

First, be sure your printer or plotter is connected to your computer and isВ turned on.

Start by getting a preview of your plot, beforeВ you commit to actually printing your drawing. To see firsthand how the Plot command works, youвЂ™ll plot the Plan file using theВ default settings on your system. ThenВ youвЂ™ll delve into the finer details of setting up your drawing and controlling yourВ plotter. YouвЂ™ll start out by getting an overview of the plotting features in AutoCAD. This chapter describesВ the features available in AutoCAD and discusses some general rules and guidelinesВ to follow when setting up your plots. ItвЂ™s up to you to work out the details and fine-tuneВ the way you and AutoCAD together work with your plotter. With the huge array of output options available, this chapter can only provide aВ general discussion of plotting. You will probably spend a good deal of time experimenting withВ AutoCADвЂ™s plotter settings and with your printer or plotter to get your equipmentВ set up just the way you want. YouвЂ™ll needВ to be intimately familiar with both your output device and the settings availableВ in AutoCAD. Getting hard copy output from AutoCAD is something of an art.