Printing / Plotting

You can print drawings on a printer or plotter. You can also print drawings to file.

To print drawings on a printer or plotter, or to print drawings to file:

1. Click File > Print (or type Print).
2. If the dialog box contains only two pop-up menus and some buttons across the bottom, click the disclosure triangle beside Printer.
3. The most frequently used print options appear above the print options menu, the pop-up menu within a separator bar. Advanced options are below this options menu.
2. In Printer, select an output device available on your system. You can also add a printer and set system preferences for the printers you use.
3. In Presets, you can save a combination of printer settings that you frequently use when printing. To apply a "preset", select an option:
• Standard: Repeats printing with the standard settings for the printer you selected.
• Last used settings: Repeats printing with the same settings you used for the previous printout.
• A "preset" that you have previously named and saved.
4. In Copies, set the number of copies to print.
5. In Paper size, select a size from the international standardized paper size formats and printer-specific paper formats.
6. For Orientation, select portrait or landscape format.

  To choose advanced print options, select items from the print options menu, the pop-up menu within a separator bar. Some items apply only to the selected printer (for example Layout, Color Matching, Paper Handling, Paper Feed, Cover Page, and Scheduler). For detailled information on printer specific options, check the documentation that came with your printer.

7. On the print options menu, click Range to set the area to print:
• All geometry: Prints the range that is determined by the bounding box of all visible entities.
• Drawing boundary / Sheet: Prints the range that is determined by the drawing boundaries (when the Model is active) or the range that is determined by the Sheet size definition (when a Sheet tab is active).
• Named view: Prints the view you select.
• Specify: Click Specify Window to select two opposite points for the print boundaries in the graphics area.
• Current view: Prints the drawing that is visible on screen.
8. Select Print only within specified window to cut entities at the boundaries of the specified print range on the printout regardless of whether there is remaining space on the output sheet.
8. On the print options menu, click Scale:
1. Set the print scale:
• Select Fit to paper size to automatically scale the specified print range so that it fills the paper area you select.
• - or -
• Select or define a Scale. If you choose User-defined, set the ratio between paper units (in Millimeters or Inches) to drawing units.
2. Select or clear Scale LineWeight to print scale. This option is available only if a Sheet tab is active.
9. On the print options menu, click Offset:
• Print on center of paper: Lets you adjust the output with equal margins at the top, bottom, left, and right. Otherwise, set the X and Y margins.
• Note: Print on center of paper is not available if a Sheet tab is active. Set the X and Y margins of the printout as needed.
10. On the print options menu, click Styles.
1. Under Shaded views, in Print style, set a shade mode to apply when printing (As displayed on Sheet, Hidden, Rendered, or Wireframe).
2. Under Print style table:
• Select a PrintStyle table.
• Click New to create a new PrintStyle.
• Click Edit to modify the selected PrintStyle.
11. On the print options menu, click Options to set the following:
• Hide geometry on sheet: Specifies whether the model geometry in Viewports is printed with hidden lines removed. This option is available only from a Sheet tab.
• Print in background: Processes the output in the background so you can continue working in the drawing.
• Print sheet last: Specifies what to print first: the model geometry in Viewports or the Sheet geometry. This option is available only from a Sheet tab.
• Use assigned LineWeight: Prints entities in the LineWeights assigned in the Layers. This option is available only if Use assigned print styles is cleared.
• Use assigned print styles: Determines whether Print Styles applied to Layers and entities are printed. Assigned LineWeights are also printed.
• Use Print stamp: Print stamp as defined with the PrintStamp command when you print the drawing.
12. On the print options menu, click Print configurations to restore the settings for the printer, paper size, print scale and range, orientation, and offset saved in a print configuration.
• Select a name from the list of print configurations.
• Click +, then Create, to create a print configuration.
• Click +, then Import, to use a print configuration defined in a configuration file or defined in a drawing or drawing template file.
13. On the print options menu, click Sheet selection to select all of the Sheets you want to print. Click Select Sheets to specify the Sheets to print and the print configurations to use.
14. Note: This option is available only if a Sheet tab is active.
14. Click PDF to open the PDF pop-up menu. The menu options include previewing the printout, saving the output as PDF, PostScript, or iPhoto file, and sending the output as fax or mail. For more information, click ? beside PDF.
15. Click Print to print the document.

Access

Command: Print

Menu: File > Print

Keyboard Shortcut: Command + P