File > Print

Previews the print output and sends the output to the printer.

Procedures

Print a view

Print Options

Destination

Select the destination for your print output.

Print

Send your print job to the printer selected under Print Options.

File

Convert the page to a PDF file.

Page Size

If File is selected as the destination, select the page size for your PDF file output.

Print Options

If Print is selected as the destination, set the following options for your printer output.

Printer

Select the printer from the list of available printers.

Size

Select the page size for the print output.

When Size is Custom Paper Size, set the size in Print Properties

Print Properties

Opens the properties window for the selected printer, where you can choose options such as paper source and print quality.

Copies

Use the arrows to change the number of copies to be printed, or type the number of copies in the box.

Layout

Choose the orientation of the content on the page.

Portrait

Print the content of the view vertically on the page.

Landscape

Print the content of the view horizontally on the page.

Style

Choose the image format of the content to be printed.

Raster

Print the content of the view as a bitmap image. Shapes are defined by pixels. Printing a raster image is quicker, but the line quality is not as good as printing vectors.

Vector

Print the content of the view as vectors. With Vector selected, shapes are defined by mathematical equations, resulting in sharper printed results.

View

Choose which window view to print: Camera, Top, Right, Front, Left, Back, Bottom. Any new windows you create, also appear on the list. The content of the view appears in the Preview area.

Fit To Page

Resizes the view to fit the paper. Large views are scaled down to fit. Smaller views are scaled up.

Select Maintain Aspect Ratio to resize the view proportionally.

Scale

For orthographic views (Top, Right, Front, Left, Back, Bottom), select the ratio between modeling units and units on the page (for example 1:8). For actual size, select 1:1. For a scale not listed, select Custom and either enter the ratio, or a percentage.

View Options

Select the window elements to include in the printed page: Grid, Background, Model.

To print or hide other elements (such as the wireframe, guidelines, textures), show or hide them in the window before printing.

Margins

Left, Right, Top, Bottom

Set the amount of margin space surrounding the view on the page.

Margin Units

Select the margin units: Inches or Millimeters.

Alignment

For orthographic views that are scaled, place the model on the page relative to the center of the page.

Placement

Select where to place the window on the page.

X – Align it to Left edge of the page, Center it horizontally on the page, or align it to the Right of the page.

Y – Align it to the Top edge of the page, Center it vertically on the page, or align it to the Bottom of the page.

Offset

Offsets the window from the placed position.

Send PDF

Create a PDF file of the contents of the view and attach it to a new email using your default email application.

Print

If the Destination is Print, send the contents of the view to the printer

Save

If the Destination is File, create a PDF or postscript file of the view and save it.