Print

The Print tool prints the current window, a visible portion of the current window, or selected views and sheets.

You can send the desired drawings to the printer, to a PRN or PLT file, or to a PDF file.

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About Printing Views and Sheets
Print views and sheets from the current model.
About Printing to PDF
You can print views and sheets to PDF (Portable Document Format) files.
About Vector Processing and Raster Processing
When you print views and sheets, you can choose vector processing or raster processing.
Best Practices: Printing
Learn best practices for printing views or sheets.
Print Views and Sheets
Use the Print tool to print selected views and sheets.
Video: Printing
Set up a printer and modify the settings to print your views and sheets.
Print to PDF
To share construction documents with other team members for printing and online viewing, you can save them to PDF (Portable Document Format).
Change Your System’s PDF Print Settings
In some cases, the default PDF print settings request a file name for each PDF file being created.
Preview a Draft Before Printing
Use Print Preview to see a draft version of the current view or sheet before printing it.
Work with View/Sheet Sets for Printing
You can specify views and sheets to print from the current project, and save the set for later re-use.
Work with Saved Print Settings
You can save print settings in a project for later reuse.
Print Setup Dialog
Use the Print Setup dialog to define settings used when printing views and sheets from the current model, or when creating PDF, PLT, or PRN files.