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Orientation
Specifies the orientation of the drawing on the paper for plotters that support
landscape or portrait orientation. The paper icon represents the media
orientation of the selected paper. The letter icon represents the orientation of
the drawing on the page.
NOTE Drawing orientation is also affected by the PLOTROTMODE system variable.
Print Options
Specifies which advanced print settings should be used for printing. Select
AutoCAD to use the page setup assigned to the layout. See the Mac Help
documentation for information on the other options.
Page Setup
Displays a list of any named and saved page setups in the drawing. You can
base the current page setup on a named page setup saved in the drawing, or
you can create a new named page setup based on the layout’s settings by
clicking Edit Page Setup.
Name
Displays the name of the current page setup.
Edit Page Setup
Displays the
Page Setup dialog box, in which you can edit the page setup for
the layout. You can also modify the page setup through the
Page Setup
Manager
on page 748.
What to Print
Specifies the area of the drawing to be plotted.
Layout/Limits When outputting a layout, everything within the printable
area of the specified paper size, with the origin calculated from 0,0 in the
layout.
When outputting from the Model layout, the entire drawing area that is
defined by the grid limits. If the current viewport does not display a plan view,
this option has the same effect as the Extents option.
Extents Outputs the portion of the current space of the drawing that contains
objects. All geometry in the current layout is outputted. The drawing may be
regenerated to recalculate the extents before outputting.
Display Outputs the view in the current viewport in the current layout.
View Outputs a view that was previously saved with the VIEW command.
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