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Create and save a named page setup, so that you can reuse those plot settings.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
4 min.
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Transcript
00:04
Before you plot a drawing,
00:06
you must specify the settings that determine
00:08
the appearance and format of the output
00:11
to save time. You can store these settings within the drawing as a named page set up.
00:18
The exercise file includes two layouts, furniture plan and details.
00:24
Right. Click the furniture plan layout, tab
00:27
and select page setup manager
00:29
to open the page setup manager dialogue.
00:33
A default page set up has been assigned to the layout.
00:37
You can tell this is a default page set up by the
00:40
presence of asterisks as a prefix and suffix to the layout name.
00:45
While you can simply modify the default page setup
00:49
and then use it when printing this layout.
00:51
If the settings you establish for this layout are the
00:54
same as those you will use for other layouts.
00:57
For example,
00:58
if the layout will use the same printer and print
01:01
to the same size sheet of paper as other layouts,
01:04
you can save all the plot settings to a named page setup.
01:09
You can then reuse that page setup by assigning it to other layouts.
01:15
You can think of a page set up as
01:17
similar to saving dimension settings in a dimension style.
01:22
In addition to the name of the printer and the paper size,
01:25
the page set up will include the orientation of the sheet,
01:28
the plot scale
01:30
and so on.
01:32
To create a page setup in the page setup manager, dialogue, click new
01:38
to open the new page setup dialogue.
01:42
For this exercise,
01:43
you are going to create a page set up for printing an A size sheet to a PDF file.
01:49
That way when you need to create PDF files of other a size sheets,
01:54
you can simply reuse this page setup.
01:58
Therefore,
01:59
in the new page setup, name field type
02:03
a dash size
02:05
PDF.
02:08
In the start with group box,
02:10
you can select an existing page set up on which to base the new page setup.
02:15
Leave this set to the default page set up and simply click. OK.
02:21
Now you see the page set up dialogue
02:24
in the page setup group box. In the name field, you see the name of the page setup.
02:31
Since this page set up will be for creating a PDF file
02:35
in the printer plotter group box, expand the name drop down
02:39
and select DWG to PDF dot PC three.
02:45
This is a printer driver that comes with AUTOCAD.
02:48
If you were creating a page set up to use with an actual printer in your office,
02:53
you would set this to the actual printer that you would use
02:58
in the paper size group box, expand the drop down and select NC A
03:08
If it is not already selected,
03:11
since this page set up is for printing a layout
03:15
in the plot area group box, what to plot should be set to layout.
03:21
And in the plot scale group box, the scale should be set to 1 to 1.
03:27
You can also apply a plot style table to the layout
03:31
in the plot style table. Pen assignments group box,
03:35
expand the drop down and select monochrome dot C TB
03:41
and then select display plot styles
03:45
to apply this plot style table to the layout
03:50
for this exercise, leave the other settings unchanged.
03:54
But remember that all of the settings you see here
03:57
will be saved as part of the named page set up
04:01
when you are finished adjusting settings, click, OK?
04:06
You have just created a named page setup.
Video transcript
00:04
Before you plot a drawing,
00:06
you must specify the settings that determine
00:08
the appearance and format of the output
00:11
to save time. You can store these settings within the drawing as a named page set up.
00:18
The exercise file includes two layouts, furniture plan and details.
00:24
Right. Click the furniture plan layout, tab
00:27
and select page setup manager
00:29
to open the page setup manager dialogue.
00:33
A default page set up has been assigned to the layout.
00:37
You can tell this is a default page set up by the
00:40
presence of asterisks as a prefix and suffix to the layout name.
00:45
While you can simply modify the default page setup
00:49
and then use it when printing this layout.
00:51
If the settings you establish for this layout are the
00:54
same as those you will use for other layouts.
00:57
For example,
00:58
if the layout will use the same printer and print
01:01
to the same size sheet of paper as other layouts,
01:04
you can save all the plot settings to a named page setup.
01:09
You can then reuse that page setup by assigning it to other layouts.
01:15
You can think of a page set up as
01:17
similar to saving dimension settings in a dimension style.
01:22
In addition to the name of the printer and the paper size,
01:25
the page set up will include the orientation of the sheet,
01:28
the plot scale
01:30
and so on.
01:32
To create a page setup in the page setup manager, dialogue, click new
01:38
to open the new page setup dialogue.
01:42
For this exercise,
01:43
you are going to create a page set up for printing an A size sheet to a PDF file.
01:49
That way when you need to create PDF files of other a size sheets,
01:54
you can simply reuse this page setup.
01:58
Therefore,
01:59
in the new page setup, name field type
02:03
a dash size
02:05
PDF.
02:08
In the start with group box,
02:10
you can select an existing page set up on which to base the new page setup.
02:15
Leave this set to the default page set up and simply click. OK.
02:21
Now you see the page set up dialogue
02:24
in the page setup group box. In the name field, you see the name of the page setup.
02:31
Since this page set up will be for creating a PDF file
02:35
in the printer plotter group box, expand the name drop down
02:39
and select DWG to PDF dot PC three.
02:45
This is a printer driver that comes with AUTOCAD.
02:48
If you were creating a page set up to use with an actual printer in your office,
02:53
you would set this to the actual printer that you would use
02:58
in the paper size group box, expand the drop down and select NC A
03:08
If it is not already selected,
03:11
since this page set up is for printing a layout
03:15
in the plot area group box, what to plot should be set to layout.
03:21
And in the plot scale group box, the scale should be set to 1 to 1.
03:27
You can also apply a plot style table to the layout
03:31
in the plot style table. Pen assignments group box,
03:35
expand the drop down and select monochrome dot C TB
03:41
and then select display plot styles
03:45
to apply this plot style table to the layout
03:50
for this exercise, leave the other settings unchanged.
03:54
But remember that all of the settings you see here
03:57
will be saved as part of the named page set up
04:01
when you are finished adjusting settings, click, OK?
04:06
You have just created a named page setup.
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