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layout. If your plotter is configured for raster output, you must specify the

output size in pixels.

Determine the Drawing Orientation of a Layout

You can specify the orientation of the drawing on the paper using the

Landscape and Portrait settings.

Landscape orients the drawing on the paper so that the long edge of the paper

is horizontal, and Portrait orients the paper so that the short edge is horizontal.

Changing the orientation creates the effect of rotating the paper underneath

the drawing.

In either landscape or portrait orientation, you can select Plot Upside-Down

to control whether the top or bottom of the drawing is plotted first.

Although you can specify the drawing orientation in both the Page Setup

dialog box and the Print dialog box, the Page Setup settings are always saved

and reflected in the layout. In the Print dialog box, you can override the page

setup settings for a single plot; however, the settings you apply are not saved

in the layout.

If you change the drawing orientation, the layout origin remains in the

lower-left corner of the rotated page.

Set the Plot Area of a Layout

You can specify the plot area to determine what will be included in the plot.

When you prepare to plot from model space or a layout, you can specify the

plot area to determine what will be included in the plot. When you create a

new layout, the default Plot Area option is Layout. Layout plots all objects

within the printable area of the specified paper size.

The Display Plot Area option plots all the objects displayed in the drawing.

The Extents Plot Area option plots all the visible objects in the drawing. The

View Plot Area option plots a saved view. You can use the Window Plot Area

option to define an area to be plotted.