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Click the Window button to use the pointing device to specify the two corners
of the area to be plotted, or enter coordinate values.
Orientation
Specifies the orientation of the drawing on the paper for plotters that support
landscape or portrait orientation.
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.
NOTE The orientation of plots is also affected by the PLOTROTMODE system
variable.
Controls the relative size of drawing units to plotted units.
NOTE If the Layout option is specified in What to Print, the layout is plotted at
1:1 regardless of the setting specified in Scale.
Fit to Paper
Scales the plot to fit within the selected paper size and displays the custom
scale factor in the Scale, Inch =, and Units boxes.
Scale
Defines the exact scale for the output. Custom defines a user-defined scale. You
can create a custom scale by entering the number of inches (or millimeters)
equal to the number of drawing units.
NOTE You can modify the list of scales with SCALELISTEDIT.
Inch(es) =/mm =
Specifies the number of inches or millimeters equal to the specified number
of units.
Inch/mm
Specifies inches or mm for display of units. The default is based on the paper
size and changes each time a new paper size is selected.
Unit
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