Adds information about drawings and prints to the edge of the plotted drawing.
Accessing the Command
command bar: plotstamp
: PlotStamp
Displays a dialog box:
Enter options, and then click OK.
Use the Preview command to check that the plot stamp appears correctly.
Command Options
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Option
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Description
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| Header Options |
The header appears at the top of the plot. Enter the following:
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Header - click the droplist to choose a meta-phrase for the header, or else enter your own text
After you select a meta-phrase (one that starts with the $), it is not filled in until you run the Preview or Print commands.
Data such as $Name and $Company are extracted from properties defined by the DwgProps command. If you leave properties blank, the program substitutes generic information, such as "YourName" and "YourCompany."
The $Date and $DateTime fields report the date and time the drawing is plotted, not when the drawing was created or last edited.
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X offset - specify the distance from the left margin; some data, like the drawing name and the date, are centered
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Y offset - specify the distance from the top margin of the drawing; enter a positive number to move the plotstamp downward
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| Footer Options |
The footer appears at the bottom of the plot. Enter the following:
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Header - click the droplist to choose preset wording for the header, or else enter your own text.
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X offset - specify the distance from the left margin; some data, like the drawing name and the date, are centered
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Y offset - specify the distance from the bottom margin of the plot; enter a positive number to move the plotstamp upwards
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| Font Options |
Specify the font used for the plotstamp:
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Font - click the droplist, and then choose one of the TTF and SHX font names from among those provided by your computer
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Size - specify the height of the text; the initial units are the current drawing units, such as 0.2 being 0.2 inches tall
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Inches - click the droplist to choose a different set of units, either inches or millimeters
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| OK |
Applies the changes to the plot stamp, which will appear the next time you use the Preview or Print commands. |
Procedures
To define the plot stamp
Related Commands
Print - prints drawings through a dialog box
Plot - plots drawings through the command bar.
QPrint - plots drawings using the current settings.
Preview - previews drawings before they are plotted.
DwgProps - provides data used by the PlotStamp command
Publish - allows to print a sheet list (= a list of model space or paper space layouts). Saves a sheet list to a file.
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