Yes Specifies detailed page settings for the Model layout or layout you are plotting. Enter a layout name or ?: Specify the name of the layout tab you want to plot Enter an output device name or ?: Specify the name of the output device to which you want to plot the Model tab or layout tab you selected If you enter a new device name without an extension, the program assumes that the device is a PC3 file (Autodesk ® HDI plotter configuration file). If no PC3 file is found, the program searches for a Windows system printer with that device name.
Enter paper size or ?: Specify the paper size to use for the plot or enter? To view the actual list of paper sizes defined for the plotter driver You must specify a paper size exactly as it is defined by the plotter driver. Enter paper units Inches/Millimeters: The Enter Paper Units prompt is not displayed if you are plotting a raster image, such as a BMP or TIFF file, because the size of the plot is assumed to be in pixels.
Enter drawing orientation Portrait/Landscape: Portrait Orients and plots the drawing so that the short edge of the paper represents the top of the page. Landscape Orients and plots the drawing so that the long edge of the paper represents the top of the page. Plot upside down Yes/No: Orients and plots the drawing upside down. Enter plot area Display/Extents/Limits/Layout/View/Window.
The “Apply lineweight properties” check box applies the lineweights in the PDF to the extracted geometry. When cleared, all imported geometry is assigned AutoCAD’s default lineweight. The “Infer linetypes from collinear dashes” check box looks at collections of collinear dash and dot segments and replaces them with a single polyline.
Display Plots the view in the current viewport on the Model layout or the current view in the layout, depending on which tab you select to plot. Extents Plots all of the objects in the current viewport, except objects on frozen layers.
From a layout, plots all the geometry in paper space. The drawing may be regenerated to recalculate the extents before plotting. Limits Plots the drawing area defined by the grid limits. Available only when the Model tab is selected. Layout Plots everything within the printable area of the specified paper size, with the origin calculated from 0,0 in the layout.
Available only when a layout tab is selected. View Plots a view saved previously with the command. You can select a named view from the list provided. If there are no saved views in the drawing, this option is unavailable. Window Plots any portion of the drawing you specify. This option prompts you to specify the corners of the window. Enter lower left corner of window: Specify a point Enter upper right corner of window: Specify a point Enter plot scale (Plotted Inches = Drawing Units) or Fit: Specify the scale of the plot Plotted Inches = Drawing Units Calculates the plot scale based on the inches or millimeters to drawing units that you specify.
You can also enter a real number as a fraction (for example, you can enter 1=2 or.5). Fit Calculates the scale to fit the area on the sheet of paper. The default scale setting is 1:1 when you are plotting a layout, unless you modified and saved the setting. The default setting is Fit when plotting a Model tab. Enter plot offset (x, y) or Center: Specify the plot offset in either the X or Y direction, or enter c to center the plot on the paper Plot with plot styles Yes/No: Specify whether to plot using the plot styles applied to objects and defined in the plot style table If you specify Yes to plot with plot styles, the following prompt is displayed: Enter plot style table name or ? (enter. For none): Enter a plot style table name,?
To view plot style tables,. (period) for none All style definitions with different property characteristics are stored in the current plot style table and can be attached to the geometry.
This setting replaces pen mapping in earlier releases of the program. Plot with lineweights Yes/No: Scale lineweights with plot scale Yes/No.
As Displayed Specifies that a model space view is plotted the same way it is displayed. Wireframe Specifies that a model space view is plotted in wireframe regardless of display. Hidden Specifies that a model space view is plotted with hidden lines removed regardless of display. Visual Styles Plots a model space view with the specified visual style applied regardless of the current display in the viewport.
If you specify Visual Styles, the following prompt is displayed: Enter an option Wireframe/Hidden/Realistic/Conceptual/Shaded/shaded with Edges/shades of Gray/SKetchy/X-ray/Other: These options are the same as the options in. Write the plot to a file Yes/No: Enter y if you want to write the plotted drawing to a file, or press Enter to plot to an output device If you specify Yes, the following prompt is displayed: Enter file name:: Enter a file name Save changes to page setup? Or set shade plot quality?
Yes/No/Quality: If you enter y, the current settings in the Page Setup dialog box are saved. If you enter q, you are prompted for the shaded plotting quality and are given the option of providing a custom dpi. Then you are prompted to save the page setup with the added quality settings. Enter shade plot quality Draft/Preview/Normal/pResentation/Maximum/Custom: Enter c if you want to specify a dpi, or to use a preset dpi, specify a different quality option Enter custom dpi: Save changes to page setup Yes/No?: Plot paper space first Yes/No: Paper space geometry is usually plotted before model space geometry. If you enter n, the model space geometry is plotted first, and paper space geometry is plotted last. This option is available only if you are plotting from a layout tab.
Hide paperspace objects? Yes/No: Specifies whether the Hide operation applies to objects in the paper space viewport. This option is available only from a layout tab. Proceed with plot Yes/No.
Is there a way to 'turn on' display line weights in a drawing. I use Autocad to do a lot of schematics and in order to save drawing space, I need to but wires into a 'bundle' at one end of the drawing and break them out at the other end. I want to increase the line weight of the 'bundled' wires. It seems to print ok, but I cannot see it on my screen.
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I am also not sure what value to use, and would like to be able to preview the weights before I use them. Thanks in advance.In the Windows version, that would be controlled with the system variable LWDISPLAY. A quick google shows an excerpt from Mastering AutoCAD for the Mac that indicates that is present in your version as well. I hope that works for you.