The obvious place to save your standard page set ups is in your template file, but Page Setups can also be imported and exported from one drawing to another. Our new page set up is shown in the drop down and we can now quickly and easily ‘Toggle’ from one page set up to the other.Ĭreating page setups for your standard plot configurations can save you bags of time, every time you plot. On Clicking ‘ OK’ the new page set up is completed. We are taken to the ‘ Add Page Setup’ dialog, where we can name our new Page Setup. The next step is to click the ‘ Add…’ Button. In the picture above I have changed the Paper size to A1 ( The rest of the plot settings remain the same).
We can create a new page set up right from this dialogue. You will notice that we have a new option.The ‘A0 PDF’ Page setup we created earlier is now in the drop down list under ‘Name’. This time we will create a new Page setup using the ‘Plot’ Dialog.įire up the ‘ Plot’ command (See AutoCAD Plotting: 101 if you need help with this). You don’t have to use the Page Setup Manager to create Page setups. When you hit the ‘Close’ button you will see that the changes have been applied to the layout. The final step is to click the ‘ Set Current’ Button to apply these changes to our Layout. On hitting ‘OK’ we are returned back to the Page Setup Manager and we can see our new page setup in the list box. I like this setting – others don’t, but now you know where it is. If you have this clicked you will see a real time ‘Plot Preview’ showing how this particular pen table will look when you plot. Note the ‘ Display Plot styles’ Check box. In the picture above I have set up to plot an A0 sized Monochrome PDF. The Page Setup dialog is very similar to the plot dialog. You can chose a name for your page setup, and you can chose which previous page set up you want to base your new Page Setup on.Ĭlicking ‘ OK’ take us to a very familiar looking dialog box… Creating a New Page setupĬlicking the ‘ New’ Button takes us to this window.
The page set up manager gives us access to all the page set ups that have been saved in the current drawing. You can also Right-click the Model tab or a layout tab and click Page Setup Manager. Menu: Application menu > Print > Page Setup Ribbon: Output tab > Plot panel > Page Setup Manager To use them, you need to fire up the Page Setup manager: Page set ups are a method of saving your standard plot settings so that you can use them over and over again. More AutoCAD Options for Plotting successĪutocad Plotting – What is hidden beneath the Plot Dialogue arrow?īut what if you need to plot the same drawing a number of times using different settings? If you need to catch up, please read the following posts…Īn introduction to AutoCAD’s Plotting options
We even discussed how to save your plot settings so you don’t have to spend time setting up your plots. If you’ve been following my previous posts on plotting with AutoCAD, You will know all about the various options and settings that are available to you before you even hit ‘Plot’.