Understanding page setups for printing

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In order to print a drawing,

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you must first choose the printer to which you will send the drawing

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while you can print from model space or paper space,

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you will typically print a paper space layout.

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A layout represents a drawing sheet and

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typically includes a drawing board and title block

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as well as one or more view reports that display views of model space geometry.

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Usually a drawing file contains only one layout,

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but you can create as many layouts as you need

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regardless of whether you print from model space or paper space.

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However, the process is similar

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in the exercise file. A layout named furniture plan has already been created,

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select the furniture plan layout tab

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to switch to that layout,

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right. Click the furniture plan layout tab to display a shortcut menu

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here. You can see tools for creating a new layout,

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deleting or renaming the layout and so on.

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You can also start the plot command.

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Of course, you can also start the plot command from the application menu,

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the quick access toolbar and using tools in the ribbon.

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By the way, the terms printing and plotting can be used interchangeably

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when you select plot,

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you see the plot dialogue

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in the page set up group box. The page setup name is currently set to none,

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which means you would have to select the

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printer and configure all the print options.

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Every time you need to print this sheet,

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the best practice is to create a page set up

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to assign the printer that you will use to print the particular sheet.

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That way you will not need to set all these options every time you print the drawing.