After you have completed a drawing, you can store it on the computer storage device such as hard drive or flash drive. However, to get its hard copy, you should plot or print the drawing on a sheet of paper using a plotter or printer. This tutorial we will learn how to configure the layout or creating a custom paper size without having trouble in a multiple printer installed in your system. Step 1 1. On AutoCAD, click the Layout1 Tab to switch from Model Space to Paper Space. Step 2 1. Right Click on the Layout1 Tab. 2. Select Page Setup Manager... Step 3 On the Page Setup Manager Dialog Click the Modify... button. Step 4 1. On the Plot dialog box, click on the drop-down list of Printer/Plotter Name to select a type of printer/plotter you need. 2. Choose DWF6 ePlot.pc3 as your printer. Step 5 Still on Plot dialog box do the following: 1. On Plot Scale, change inches to mm as unit. 2. Then choose 1:1 as scale. 3. Then click Properties button to display the Plotter Conf...
Ten Ways to Do No Harm Taken from AutoCAD 2008 for Dummies by David Byrnes Be Precise I remind you that using precision techniques such as snap, object snaps, and typed coordinates is a fundamental part of good CAD practice. Don’t try to use AutoCAD like an illustration program, in which you eyeball locations and distances. Use one of the many AutoCAD precision techniques every time you specify a point or distance. Control Properties by Layer AutoCAD gives you two different ways of controlling object properties such as color, linetype, and lineweight: by layer and by object. Unless you have a really good reason to assign properties by object — such as instructions from your company’s CAD manager or the client for whom you’re creating the drawing — use the by-layer method: Assign colors, linetypes, and lineweights to layers, and let objects inherit their properties from the layer on which they reside. Don’t assign explicit color, linetype, or lineweight to objects. Know Your Dra...
In many drawings, such as sections of solids, the sectional area needs to be filled with some pattern. Different filling patterns make it possible to distinguish between different parts or components of an object. Also, the material of which an object is made, can be indicated by the filling pattern. You can also use these filling patterns in graphics for rendering architectural elevations of buildings, or indicating the different levels in terrain and contour maps. AutoCAD has a built-in hatch pattern when you install the software. Here are some of the free hatch patterns to improve you CAD drawing for your project. AutoCAD Brick Hatch Pattern:
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