1.8.1 Introduction
When you complete your work gets complete you want to share it with the other people. You dont know whether he has AutoCAD or not so you prefer to share it in the image or in the solid copy i.e. in the printed format. For that you need to give AutoCAD a command for printing. This is done by plotting a drawing. In one sheet of AutoCAD their are multiple drawings and AutoCAD don't understand which drawing he has to print. So, that time we need to provide the AutoCAD the area which we want to be get printed. That process is called as plotting.
1.8.2 Plotting A Plan
We have seen why we need to plot. Actually plotting is noting but providing two co-ordinates. The co-ordinates are such that the area between those points gets printed. So we will try to print a object placed between the red lines in the image below. |
| Figure 1.8.1 : Plan to be printed |
- Now we have to print the plan in the red box. For that first we go to Application Menu > Print > Plot
Figure 1.8.2 : Position of the Plot Button. - After selecting the Plot option it will open a window like in the image below.
Figure 1.8.3 : Plot Window - Now we have to select the area to be printed for that click on the " Window< " button if the button is not available in the Plot Area from dropdown select Window option.
Figure 1.8.4 : Plot Area - After click on the "window <" the window will be gone and you are asked for the area you want to print. Then select the area which we want to printed the same way we create a rectangle in AutoCAD.
Figure 1.8.5 : Selecting Plot Area - Now you have provided the area to AutoCAD which you have to print. The Next thing is to print it as we do it regularly.
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