Creates and edits page setups for presetting plotting options in the Drawing Explorer.
Accessing the Command
command bar: pagesetup
menu bar: File | Page Setup
toolbar: Layout |
: PageSetup
Displays the Page Setups section of the Drawing Explorer dialog box:
Do one of the following:
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Click the New icon (
) to create a new page setup.
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Double click the icon (
) of a *Layout* or *Model* to edit the page setup of a layout or the model space.
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Select one or more layouts (
) then click the Delete button (
) to remove layouts.
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Double click the icon (
) of a model space page setup to edit the definition.
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Double click the icon (
) of a paper space page setup to edit the definition.
When creating a new page setup, choose between Model space or Paper Space, and then click the Create button.
The Page Setup dialog box displays:
Yes, this looks very similar to the Print dialog box, but there are some differences. Changes options in it, and then click OK.
You are returned to the Page Setups dialog box.
Command Options for Page Setups
Page Setups Options |
Description |
New |
Creates a new page setup; see Command Options for New Page Setup dialog box below |
Delete |
Removes the page setup from this drawing; displays a warning dialog box when you try to delete page setups with asterisks, such as *Layout1* |
Edit |
Edit the selected page setup; displays the Page Setup dialog box; see below |
Cut / Copy / Paste |
Cuts or copies the selected page setup for pasting into another drawing |
Command Options for New Page Setup Dialog Box
This dialog box appears when you click New in Page Setups:
New Page Setup Options |
Description |
For Model Space |
Lists model space setups in the list |
For Paper Space |
Lists paper space setups in the list |
Name |
Specifies the name for this new setup |
Base New Page Setup On |
Lists available page setups in this drawing; choose one:
|
Create | Moves on to the Page Setup dialog box; see below. |
Cancel | Returns to the Page Setups section of the Drawing Explorer without creating the new setup |
Command Options for Page Setup Dialog Box
This dialog box appears when you click Create in New Page Setup:
Page Setup Option |
Description |
Printer/Plotter Configuration |
Selects the printer or plotter. The program works with any output device installed on the system, including networked printers, print to file, faxes, and PostScript devices -- as well as predefined printer parameters stored in PC3 files. |
Edit plotter configuration |
Opens the printer's Properties dialog box for customizing the printer's parameters and creating PC3 files; see the PlotterManager command. |
Paper Size |
Specifies the size of paper. You can select standard sizes listed by the droplist; these are sizes supported by the printer. While printer may appear to support many different sizes, you should select only the size of paper that is actually in the printer. If User Defined appears in the list, the paper's dimensions are specified by the printer's Properties dialog box. The image indicates the size, position and orientation of the current plot area on the selected paper size.
Manage Custom Sizes - (PDF output only.) Manages custom paper sizes when Print as PDF.pc3 is selected in the Printer/Plotter Configuration list; displays a dialog box: |
Plot Area
|
Specifies which area of the drawing to print:
The Print dialog box returns, with the pair of x,y coordinates added to the Windows Plot Area boxes; you can edit the values: |
Plot Scale
|
Scales the drawing to fit it to the paper: Fit print area to the size of paper - scale is calculated automatically by the program, taking into account the print area of the drawing. When this option is turned on, you cannot specify the scale factor.:
Scale - allows you to specify the scale factor to use for plotting; choose a scale factor from the droplist, or choose Custom. The scale factor shown can be edited with the ScaleListEdit command.
Custom - lets you enter in your own scale factors: Scale lineweights - when on, lineweights are scaled with respect to the plot scale. |
Plot Style Table (Pen Assignment) |
Specifies the plot style table to use for the printed output, which assigns properties to "pens," colors, and entities.
Display plot styles? - (enter an option):
|
Edit Plot Style |
Opens the Plot Style Table editor dialog box; see the PlotStyle command. This button is available only when the drawing uses STB plot styles. |
Create New Plot Style |
Creates new plot styles; runs the Add Plot Style Table wizard; see the StylesManager command.
|
Drawing Orientation |
Specifies the orientation of the drawing on rectangular paper:
|
Plot Offset |
Specifies the offset distance for the print. Center On Page - centers the print on the page, taking into account margins. Together with Fit Print Area to Size of Page, this option is excellent for prints where scale is unimportant. X and Y - (enter positive or negative distances to move the drawing in the x and/or y distances):
The lower left corner of the drawing is moved by the specified distance. This is useful when the paper has a title block area that might interfere with the drawing. |
Plot Options |
Plot entity lineweights - toggles the use the lineweights; this option is unavailable when Plot with Plot Styles is turned on\:
Plot Paperspace Last - specifies the printing order; this option is available only when printing layouts, and so is unavailable in model tab:
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Shaded Viewport Options |
Override the visual style of the current view when printing model space: Shade Plot - (choose a shade style plot the drawing with.) This option is disabled when printing a paper space layout. The Shade Plot mode of a paper space viewport is defined in the Shade Plot property of the viewport. The quality of the Rendered option is defined through the current render preset; see the RenderPresets command. |
OK |
Saves the changes, and then returns to the Page Setup dialog box. |
Cancel |
Returns to the Page Setup dialog box without printing the drawing. |
Related Commands
CPageSetup - edits the page setup of the current layout or model space in a dialog box.
ConvertCtb - converts CTB plot style files to STB files.
ConvertPStyles - converts drawings from CTB to STB plot styles.
ExportPdf - exports layouts in a drawing to a pdf docucment.
PsetupIn - Imports page setup definitions from another drawing through a dialog box.
-PsetupIn - imports page setup definitions from another drawing through the command bar.
PlotStyle - sets the current plot style.
Print - plots drawings with plot styles.
Properties - changes plot styles assigned to entities.
Publish - allows to print a sheet list (= a list of model space or paper space layouts). Saves a sheet list to a file.
-Publish - prints a saved sheet list (= a list of model space or paper space layouts).
ScaleListEdit - edits the scale list of a drawing, used in Plot Scale section of the Print and Page Setup dialogs and the Standard scale property of a paper space viewport.
Explorer - Opens the Drawing Explorer dialog box.