PLOT Command:
AutoCAD
Command List
The PLOT command allows you to print the drawing.
To
access the Plot command you can:
type plot at a Command: prompt
and press Enter
OR
click on the Printer
button.
Once the Plot dialogue box appears,
make these setting changes:
- Under Paper size and Orientation: Click on mm.
- Click on the Rotation and Origin: button,
-type 0.000 by the X and 0.000 by Y
(if not already set), and
-set Plot Rotation at 90 degrees.
- Under Plotted MM=Drawing Units:, type the scale of the drawing
(1:1 for example) and make sure the Scale to fit is NOT
checked.
- Under Additional Parameters:, select Extents.
- Click on the Pen Assignments: button and change color 7
to .7.
- Click on OK, to send the print to the printer.
**Help NOTE: If
you are in inches and change to mm the scale will change and you must set
it again.
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