Join Shaun Bryant for an in-depth discussion in this video Printing and plotting, part of AutoCAD: Plotting & Publishing.
- [Voiceover] When you're working in AutoCAD…you want to be able to communicate your design intent.…You do that by way of printing, plotting,…and publishing from AutoCAD itself.…So as you can see, we're in a new drawing,…which at the top of the screen…reads 01_PlottingPublishing.dwg.…You can download that from the lynda.com…Exercise Files, as usual,…and make sure that you use that…to follow along with the videos in this particular section.…Now this particular section is an introduction…to plotting and publishing.…
So we're going to have a look…at printing and plotting first.…How do we print and plot from AutoCAD?…Well, let's have a little overview of how it all works…and the actual process and workflow that we use…to plot, publish, and print in AutoCAD itself.…Now you'll notice at the moment I'm in the drawing,…the 01_PlottingPublishing.dwg file,…and we have some tabs,…bottom left corner of the screen.…And you'll notice that the Model tab…is highlighted there in white.…Now everything that you do in the Model tab…
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 Appropriate for all
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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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