Modifies the current page layout settings for the plotting device, paper size, plot scale, and several other settings in the command line.
The following prompts are displayed.
Enter an output device name or [?] <current>:
Displays the name of the output device specified in the currently selected page setup. Enter
? to display a list of output devices.
Enter paper size or [?]:
Sets the current paper size. Enter
? to display a list of the standard paper sizes that are available for the specified output device. If no plotter is selected, the full standard paper size list is displayed.
Enter paper units [Inches/Millimeters]<current>:
Sets the current unit convention to be used in the layout, inches or millimeters.
Enter drawing orientation [Portrait/Landscape]:<current>
Orients and plots the drawing so that either the short edge or the long edge of the paper represents the top of the page
Plot upside down? [Yes/No] <current>:
Orients and plots the drawing upside down.
Enter plot area [Display/Extents/Limits/View/Window] <current>:
Specifies how the boundaries of the area to be plotted are determined.
- Display
- Specifies the view in the current viewport in the Model tab or the current paper space view in the layout.
- Extents
- Specifies the portion of the current space of the drawing that contains objects. All geometry in the current space is plotted.
- Limits
- When plotting from the Model tab, specifies the entire drawing area that's defined by the grid limits. If the current viewport does not display a plan view, this option has the same effect as the Extents option.
- Layout
- When plotting a layout, specifies everything within the printable area of the specified paper size, with the origin calculated from 0,0 in the layout.
- View
- Specifies a view that was previously saved with the VIEW command.
- Window
- Prompts for the upper-left and lower-right corners of the rectangular area to be plotted.
Enter plot scale (Plotted <Units>=Drawing Units) or [Fit] <current>:
Determines the scale at which a drawing will be plotted, either from model space or a layout.
- Plotted <units>
- Specifies the relative size of plotted units to drawing units.
- Fit
- Specifies the scale of the plot to fit within the specified paper size at a custom scale.
Enter plot offset (x,y) or [Center] <0.00,0.00>:
Specifies a shift to be applied to the 0,0 origin point at the lower-left corner of the area to be plotted.
- Plot Offset
- Specifies the X and Y distances to shift the area to be plotted. The coordinate values can be positive, negative, or zero.
- Center
- Automatically calculates the X and Y offset values to center the plot on the paper. This option is not available when Plot Area is set to Layout.
Plot with plot styles? [Yes/No] <current>:
Specifies whether a plot style table should be referenced.
Enter plot style table name or [?] (enter . for none) <current>:
Specifies a plot style table to be assigned that is assigned to the current Model tab or layout tab. Enter
? to display a list of the currently available plot style tables. Enter a period (.) to specify no plot style table.
Plot with lineweights? [Yes/No] <current>:
Specifies that non-zero lineweights should be plotted regardless of the way objects are displayed on the screen.
Enter shade plot setting [As displayed/legacy Wireframe/legacy Hidden/Visual styles/Rendered] <current>:
Specifies whether objects are plotted differently than the way they are displayed on the screen.
- As displayed
- Specifies using the same style for objects the way they are displayed on the screen.
- legacy Wireframe
- Specifies a wireframe style regardless of the way objects are displayed on the screen. Uses the legacy SHADEMODE command.
- legacy Hidden
- Specifies a hidden-lines-removed style regardless of the way objects are displayed on the screen. Uses the legacy SHADEMODE command.
- Visual styles
- Specifies that a visual style
- Rendered
- Specifies a rendered style regardless of the way they are displayed on the screen.