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612 | Chapter 22 Plot Drawings
Plot Drawings from Previous Versions
You can plot drawings created in AutoCAD Release 14 or earlier exactly the
same way that you plot new drawings.
With respect to plotting, several features in the drawing change:
■ Objects in model space are placed on the Model tab.
■ Any paper space settings are used to set up a layout tab, Layout 1. Paper
space objects are placed in Layout 1.
■ Depending on the plot style table type specified in the Options dialog box,
the drawing uses either named or color-dependent plot style tables. If you
specified pen settings and used PCP or PC2 files, or if you have the CFG
file from AutoCAD Release 14 or earlier, you can create plot style tables
that re-create the pen settings information in the AutoCAD 2004 format
drawing.
Migrate Pen Settings from Previous Versions
In AutoCAD Release 14 and earlier, you set lineweights by mapping colors to
pens. You can reuse those pen assignments in AutoCAD 2000 and later
releases.
If you stored pen assignment information in PCP or PC2 files, you can use
the Add Plot Style Table wizard to create a color-dependent (CTB) or named
(STB) plot style table that contains your original pen settings. If you do not
have a PCP or PC2 file with pen settings, you can also obtain the settings
from a configuration file (acad*.cfg).