Configure and preview plot settings

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Once you have prepared a layout for printing

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before you actually send the drawing to the printer,

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you should make sure that everything is set correctly

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to do this. Right.

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Click the furniture plan layout tab and select plot to open the plot dialogue.

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Click cancel to close this dialogue.

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You can also open the plot dialogue by switching to the output ribbon.

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Then

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in the plot panel, click the plot tool

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or expand the application menu

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and choose print

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plot

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or

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on the quick access toolbar,

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click plot

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in the printer plotter group box in the name field.

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Make sure that the proper device is selected.

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If you followed the logical steps for creating and setting up a layout,

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the print device and other settings should already

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have been configured using the page setup manager.

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But if you did not select the printer at that time

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or if you see it was set incorrectly, you can change it. Now

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for the purpose of this exercise,

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the layout has been configured to print to a PDF

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file using a printer driver that comes with autocad.

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When you actually print a drawing,

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you will want this to be set to the actual printer that you are going to use.

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You should also double check to make sure that the paper size is also set correctly.

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But again,

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this is something that you would have likely

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done already using the page setup manager.

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When you establish the settings for this layout,

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when plotting a paper space layout

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in the plot area group box,

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what to plot

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will be set to lay out.

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And in the plot scale group box, the scale will typically be set to 1 to 1

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to reassure yourself that the drawing will print correctly. Click preview

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to open a print preview window

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here, you can make sure that the drawing will look correct on the printed sheet.

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You can use tools in this window to pan and zoom.

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But since this is just a preview, you cannot make any changes in this window.

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If you are satisfied,

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you can click the plot button right here

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in the preview window to begin printing the drawing

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or right click and select plot from the shortcut menu.

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If you need to change any settings before printing,

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you must return to the plot dialogue

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to exit from the preview window. Click the close preview window button

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or right click and choose exit

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to return to the plot dialogue.