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Re: plotting in acad

Posted By: Rodney
Date: Sunday, 2 January 2000, at 9:00 p.m.

In Response To: plotting in acad (James Wells)

> I'm trying to plot in Autocad2000 forms that
> are larger than the 8 1/2 by 11 piece of
> paper. How do you specify to continue the
> plot on multiple pages. Thanks for the help.

I use AutoCad 14 at work. AutoCad 2000 is probobly similar. Make sure that, "scaled to fit" is NOT checked when you are in the plot dialog box.

I assume that you have drawn the forms full size. In the, "additional parameters section" of the dialog box, select, "window". Select a portion of your drawing. In the, "preview" section of the plot dialog box, select, "full". This will give you an accurate representation of what is going to be printed. If this is the section you want, select "ok" and print it.

Since you are printing on 8 1/2 x 11 paper, I assume that you are going to have to tape them together to get a full drawing. You may want to draw some guidelines on your form drawings to help you align the sheets when you tape them.

I don't know of any way that AutoCad would automatically print an entire drawing on multiple sheets. You'll just have to select and print a section at a time. I hope I've understood correctly what you are trying to do and that this helps.

Rodney

Messages In This Thread

plotting in acad
James Wells -- Sunday, 2 January 2000, at 5:17 p.m.

Re: plotting in acad
Rodney -- Sunday, 2 January 2000, at 9:00 p.m.

Re: plotting in acad
James Wells -- Sunday, 2 January 2000, at 10:01 p.m.

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