Join Shaun Bryant for an in-depth discussion in this video Importing page setups, part of AutoCAD: Plotting & Publishing.
- [Voiceover] We're staying in the 03_pagesetup.dwg file…and if you want to follow along with your…saved copy with this video you can.…You'll notice I'm in the GA layout tab.…That is the current layout tab…in the drawing area at the moment.…And I'm in the output tab on the ribbon.…Gonna go to the plot panel and…click on "Page Setup Manager."…Now you'll notice that we've got…all the page setups that we've created previously.…And the one that I am looking at in…question is the "A1 Landscape PDF."…You'll notice that the GA and the…Staircase A layout tabs are using the A1 landscape PDF.…
Now I might have a separate drawing elsewhere…that has an A1 Landscape DWF electronic…plot page setup already for me to use.…Now I don't want to have to go…and create a whole new page setup,…so what I can do is I can actually…import a page setup from another…drawing into this particular drawing,…and it's very quick and easy.…In the Page Setup Manager, I click on "Import,"…I go and find the drawing that I need that…has the page setup that I need,…
Author
Shaun Bryant
Updated
5/21/2018Released
4/19/2016- Printing and plotting
- Scaling drawings
- Working in model space vs. paper space
- Creating and modifying page setups with the AutoCAD Page Setup Manager
- Creating and clipping viewports
- Adding an annotative scale
- Plotting and publishing from Quick View
- Changing plot styles
- Plotting electronically to DWF, DWFx, and PDF
- Publishing sheet lists
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Q; This course was updated on 05/21/2018. What changed?
A: We added three new videos covering the DWG compare feature in AutoCAD 2019.
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Introduction
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Welcome44s
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1. Introduction to Plotting and Publishing
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Printing and plotting4m 36s
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Scaling4m 44s
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2. Modelspace & Paperspace
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The Model tab3m 32s
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The Layout tab3m 9s
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Setting your limits3m 46s
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3. Page Setup Manager
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Creating a page setup2m 14s
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Layout tab: Page setup5m 45s
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Modifying page setups3m 31s
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Importing page setups2m 7s
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4. Viewports
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Viewports: Model4m 9s
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Viewports: Layout5m 19s
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Polygonal viewports2m 24s
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Clipping viewports3m 15s
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5. Plotting to Scale
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Annotative scaling3m 54s
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Adding an annotative scale3m 19s
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6. Quick View and Drawing Tabs
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Drawing tabs2m 27s
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Quick View layouts1m 48s
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7. Plotting Styles & Setting Up
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Named plot style (STB)5m 10s
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Changing plot styles3m 44s
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Configuring a plotter4m 15s
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8. Plotting Electronically
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DWF Writer3m 18s
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Autodesk Design Review3m 49s
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Markup Set Manager2m 25s
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Autodesk A360 Drive5m 43s
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Viewing PDF files3m 17s
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9. Publishing Your Drawings
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The Publish dialog box4m 1s
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Renaming and removing sheets3m 24s
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Plot stamps3m 51s
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Saving your sheet lists3m 32s
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Publishing your sheet list2m 55s
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10. Using DWG Compare (AutoCAD 2019 Only)
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The DWG compare command2m 18s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 45s
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