This document discusses the steps for plotting and printing a CAD drawing. It begins with an introduction on plotting and different output formats. It then outlines 8 steps to set up and print a drawing on a common printer like an Epson: 1) Set the drawing units, 2) Select the printer and paper size, 3) Choose the plot area or window, 4) Center the plot, 5) Uncheck fit to paper, 6) Set the plot scale to 1:1, 7) Preview the plot, and 8) Print the drawing. The goal is to demonstrate how to set up and print a drawing to a standard paper size like letter or A4 format.
This document discusses the steps for plotting and printing a CAD drawing. It begins with an introduction on plotting and different output formats. It then outlines 8 steps to set up and print a drawing on a common printer like an Epson: 1) Set the drawing units, 2) Select the printer and paper size, 3) Choose the plot area or window, 4) Center the plot, 5) Uncheck fit to paper, 6) Set the plot scale to 1:1, 7) Preview the plot, and 8) Print the drawing. The goal is to demonstrate how to set up and print a drawing to a standard paper size like letter or A4 format.
This document discusses the steps for plotting and printing a CAD drawing. It begins with an introduction on plotting and different output formats. It then outlines 8 steps to set up and print a drawing on a common printer like an Epson: 1) Set the drawing units, 2) Select the printer and paper size, 3) Choose the plot area or window, 4) Center the plot, 5) Uncheck fit to paper, 6) Set the plot scale to 1:1, 7) Preview the plot, and 8) Print the drawing. The goal is to demonstrate how to set up and print a drawing to a standard paper size like letter or A4 format.
This document discusses the steps for plotting and printing a CAD drawing. It begins with an introduction on plotting and different output formats. It then outlines 8 steps to set up and print a drawing on a common printer like an Epson: 1) Set the drawing units, 2) Select the printer and paper size, 3) Choose the plot area or window, 4) Center the plot, 5) Uncheck fit to paper, 6) Set the plot scale to 1:1, 7) Preview the plot, and 8) Print the drawing. The goal is to demonstrate how to set up and print a drawing to a standard paper size like letter or A4 format.
Introduction: Plotting is the term for producing output using a large-format printer, which is networked or directly connected to a CAD workstation, or exporting to an electronic drawing format. There is much more to plotting a drawing or publishing an entire sheet set than clicking the Print icon, however. Before you can successfully print, you must learn to configure a plotter and a plot style table; you’ll then learn how to create professional output from model space and paper space. As you’ll see in this chapter, you’ll also have the option to keep everything in digital format and export Drawing or PDF files that can be shared on the Internet with your partners and clients.
With today’s equipment, there is no difference between printing and plotting. Printing used to refer to smaller-format printers, and plotting referred to pen plotters, most of which were designed for plotting large sheets. But the terms are now used interchangeably. Pen plotters have been virtually replaced by large-format inkjet or laser plotters that have a few additional settings not commonly found on standard printing devices. Otherwise, as far as CAD software is concerned, the differences between plotters and laser, inkjet, or electrostatic printers are minimal.
Plotting to an electronic format similar to PDF is not all that uncommon in industry. There is often a need to keep an electronic record of each submittal of a project, and PDF printing is one of the ways this is possible. After completing this chapter, you may choose a different device to meet your own needs, but for now it’s more important to know that the purpose of using a PDF plotter is to give you the basic principles for plotting, regardless of whether you have access to a printer or plotter.
The most standard printers used for making plans are the pc3 plotters, but the most common printers we have been using can only print smaller dimensions of papers like Legal (8.5” x 11”) (commonly termed as short bond paper, the A4 (210mm x 297mm) and Long bond paper (8.5” x 13”) which are the most common available paper size in nearby market. So in this chapter we will be exemplifying the common printers with paper size of A4 and Long bond papers.
1. First we should set the units used in our drawing for us to know what possible scaling we can use. a. Type “UN” (shortcut for units), then press “ENTER”. The Table for Drawing Units will appear. See figure 8.1. b. In Length portion, change the type into “Decimal”, precision is “0.00, angle is “Decimal Degrees”, units to scale is Inches and lastly lighting is “International”. c. Then click “OK”. See figure 8.1. 2. Click the CAD menu located in the top portion in the most left. Then click print and then click plot. The plot model table will then appear. In the printer/plotter box click the name of the printer and then choose the printer installed in your computer, for instance in this case the printer installed was Epson L3110 Series (Copy 2) (it was chosen because the long bond paper was included in the printers software), then click “Properties”. Then plotter Configuration Editor Table will appear, then click “Custom Properties”, the Printers Property Setting will now appear. Change the document size to 8.5” x 13”, click the “Landscape” below, and then press “OK”. Back to the Plotter Configuration Editor, press “OK”. Press “OK” again in the Printer Configuration File. Now the paper size is set up. See Figure 8.2 to 8.7. 3. In Plot Area box, change “Display” into “Window” and now we can select the particular drawing to be printed/plotted. Click Point A then Point B. See Figure 8.8 and Figure 8.9
60 4. In Plot Offset, Check the “Center the Plot”. See Figure 8.10. 5. In Plot Scale, uncheck the “Fit to Paper”. See Figure 8.10. 6. Then change the unit from 1.036 to 1. See Figure 8.11. 7. Then click preview to view if it fits to your bond paper clearly. See Figure 8.11. 8. If it is set properly then press the plot icon in the menu. Then the drawing will be printed accordingly. See Figure 8.12.
