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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Chapter 1 - Find the Information You Need
- Part 1 - The User Interface
- Part 2 - Start, Organize, and Save a Drawing
- Part 3 - Control the Drawing Views
- Part 4 - Create and Modify Objects
- Chapter 14 - Control the Properties of Objects
- Chapter 15 - Use Precision Tools
- Chapter 16 - Draw Geometric Objects
- Chapter 17 - Change Existing Objects
- Part 5 - Hatches, Notes, and Dimensions
- Chapter 18 - Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts
- Chapter 19 - Notes and Labels
- Chapter 20 - Dimensions and Tolerances
- Part 6 - Create Layouts and Plot Drawings
- Chapter 21 - Create Layouts
- Chapter 22 - Plot Drawings
- Part 7 - Share Data Between Drawings and Applications
- Chapter 23 - Reference Other Drawing Files (Xrefs)
- Chapter 24 - Link and Embed Data (OLE)
- Chapter 25 - Work with Data in Other Formats
- Chapter 26 - Access External Databases
- Overview of Using AutoCAD with External Databases
- Access a Database from Within AutoCAD
- Link Database Records to Graphical Objects
- Use Labels to Display Database Information in the Drawing
- Use Queries to Filter Database Information
- Share Link and Label Templates and Queries with Other Users
- Work with Links in Files from Earlier Releases
- Part 8 - Work with Other People and Organizations
- Chapter 27 - Protect and Sign Drawings
- Chapter 28 - Use the Internet to Share Drawings
- Chapter 29 - Insert and View Markups
- Chapter 30 - Publish Drawing Sets
- Part 9 - Create Realistic Images and Graphics
- Glossary
- Index
How Plotting Has Changed from Previous Versions | 611
How Plotting Has Changed from Previous
Versio ns
Beginning with AutoCAD 2000, changes were made to plotting in AutoCAD.
Overview of How Plotting Has Changed from
Previous Versions
The following features were added to plotting beginning with AutoCAD
2000.
■ With multiple paper space layouts, you can now set up and save several
plot configurations for each drawing. Each layout is associated with an
output device and page setup.
■ Wizards lead you through plotter configuration and plot setup.
■ The tasks performed by plot configuration files (PCP and PC2 files) have
been split between layouts, plot configuration files (PC3 files), and plot
style tables (CTB and STB files). Plot style tables control pen assignments,
lineweight, and other plotted properties of an object.
■ Color-dependent plot style tables maintain the relationship between color
and an object’s plotted appearance. If you used pen assignments to
control lineweight in previous versions of AutoCAD, you can import
those settings to create a color-dependent plot style table.
■ Named plot style tables remove the relationship between color and plot-
ted lineweight. You now can assign a plot style to an object to control the
object’s plotted lineweight and color. Using named plot style tables, you
can plot color-for-color.
With the new modularized plotting components, you can customize each
part of the plotting process, import configurations used in previous versions,
and share layouts and configurations with others to ensure consistent results
when plotting.