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Batch plotting

Batch plotting - AutoCAD for Mac Tutorial

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Batch plotting

- [Instructor] Another great tool for creating plots is the Batch Publish tool. This is great for plotting all of the layouts or even multiple files quickly, provided that you have taken the time to set up your page setups. So, I'll find the tool here under File, Batch Publish. The first thing I need to decide is where I want to publish to. I can either use the printer from the existing page setup, or directly to a PDF no matter what printer the page setup is using. I can also add the current drawing, which is what I'm going to do or I can add all the open drawings that I have, or click to add additional files that I may not have open. I don't want to print the model space so I can go ahead and click on the Minus here to remove that, and now I'm left with just the three layouts that have all the information that I need. I'm going to select them all, and then choose the page setup Beta-Monochrome, so that this applies…

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