Plot Dialog Box

Displays the name of the current page setup.

Displays the Add Page Setup dialog box, in which you can save the current settings in the Plot dialog box to a named page setup. You can modify this page setup through the Page Setup Manager.

Lists the available PC3 files or system printers from which you can select to plot the current layout. An icon in front of the device name identifies it as a PC3 file or a system printer.

Displays the Plotter Configuration Editor (PC3 editor), in which you can view or modify the current plotter configuration, ports, device, and media settings.

If you make changes to the PC3 file using the Plotter Configuration Editor, the Changes to a Printer Configuration File dialog box is displayed.

Displays the plot device specified in the currently selected page setup.

Displays the physical location of the output device specified in the currently selected page setup.

Displays descriptive text about the output device specified in the currently selected page setup. You can edit this text in the Plotter Configuration Editor.

Plots output to a file rather than to a plotter or printer. The default location for plot files is specified in the Options dialog box, Plot and Publish tab, under Default Location for Plot-to-File Operations.

If the Plot to File option is turned on, when you click OK in the Plot dialog box, the Plot to File dialog box (a standard file navigation dialog box) is displayed.

Shows an accurate representation of the effective plot area relative to the paper size and printable area. The tooltip displays the paper size and printable area.

When plotting a layout, plots everything within the printable area of the specified paper size, with the origin calculated from 0,0 in the layout.

When plotting from the Model tab, plots the entire drawing area that is 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.

Plots the portion of the current space of the drawing that contains objects. All geometry in the current space is plotted. The drawing may be regenerated to recalculate the extents before plotting.

Plots the view in the current viewport in the selected Model tab or the current paper space view in the layout.

Plots a view that was previously saved with the VIEW command. You can select a named view from the list. If there are no saved views in the drawing, this option is unavailable.

When the View option is selected, a View list is displayed that lists the named views that are saved in the current drawing. You can select a view from this list to plot.

Plots any portion of the drawing that you specify. When you select Window, the Window button becomes available. Click the Window button to use the pointing device to specify the two corners of the area to be plotted, or enter coordinate values.

Specify first corner: Specify a point

Specify other corner: Specify a point

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.

Specifies the plot origin in the X direction relative to the setting of the Plot Offset Definition option.

Specifies the plot origin in the Y direction relative to the setting of the Plot Offset Definition option.

Scales the plot to fit within the selected paper size and displays the custom scale factor in the Scale, Inch =, and Units boxes.

Defines the exact scale for the plot. Custom defines a user-defined scale. You can create a custom scale by entering the number of inches (or millimeters) equal to the number of drawing units.

Specifies the number of inches, millimeters, or pixels equal to the specified number of units.

Specifies inches or mm for display of units in the Plot dialog box. The default is based on the paper size and changes each time a new paper size is selected. Pixel is available only when a raster output is selected.

Specifies the number of units equal to the specified number of inches, millimeters, or pixels.

Scales lineweights in proportion to the plot scale. Lineweights normally specify the linewidth of plotted objects and are plotted with the linewidth size regardless of the plot scale.

Displays the plot style table that is assigned to the current Model tab or layout tab and provides a list of the currently available plot style tables.

If you select New, the Add Plot Style Table wizard is displayed, which you can use to create a new plot style table. The wizard that is displayed is determined by whether the current drawing is in color-dependent or named mode.

Displays the Plot Style Table Editor, in which you can view or modify plot styles for the currently assigned plot style table.

Specifies how views are plotted. To specify this setting for a viewport on a layout tab, select the viewport and then, on the Tools menu, click Properties.

From the Model tab, you can select from the following options:

• As Displayed: Plots objects the way they are displayed on the screen.
• Wireframe: Plots objects in wireframe regardless of the way they are displayed on the screen.
• Hidden: Plots objects with hidden lines removed regardless of the way the objects are displayed on the screen.
• Conceptual: Plots objects with the Conceptual visual style applied regardless of the way the objects are displayed on the screen.
• Realistic: Plots objects with the Realistic visual style applied regardless of the way the objects are displayed on the screen.
• Rendered: Plots objects as rendered regardless of the way they are displayed on the screen.
• Draft: Plots objects with the Draft render preset applied to produce very low quality rendering but in the fastest rendering speed.
• Low: Plots objects wit the Low render preset applied to produce better quality rendering than Draft.
• Medium: Plots objects with the Medium render preset applied which offers a good balance between quality and render speed.
• High: Plots objects with the High render preset applied.
• Presentation: Plots objects with the Presentation render preset applied for photo-realistic rendered images and takes the longest to process.

Specifies the resolution at which shaded viewports are plotted.

You can select from the following options:

• Draft: Sets model space views to be plotted as wireframe.
• Preview: Sets model space views to be plotted at one quarter of the current device resolution, to a maximum of 150 dpi.
• Normal: Sets model space views to be plotted at one half of the current device resolution, to a maximum of 300 dpi.
• Presentation: Sets model space views to be plotted at the current device resolution, to a maximum of 600 dpi.
• Maximum: Sets model space views to be plotted at the current device resolution with no maximum.
• Custom: Sets model space views to be plotted at the resolution setting that you specify in the DPI box, up to the current device resolution.

Specifies the dots per inch, up to the maximum resolution of the current plotting device. This option is available if you select Custom in the Quality box.

Specifies that the plot is processed in the background. (BACKGROUNDPLOT system variable)

Specifies whether lineweights assigned to objects and layers are plotted. This option is unavailable if Plot with Plot Styles is selected.

Specifies whether object transparency is plotted. This option should only be used when plotting drawings with transparent objects.

Specifies whether plot styles applied to objects and layers are plotted. When you select this option, Plot Object Lineweights is automatically selected also.

Plots model space geometry first. Paper space geometry is usually plotted before model space geometry.

Specifies whether the HIDE operation applies to objects in the paper space viewport. This option is available only from a layout tab. The effect of this setting is reflected in the plot preview, but not in the layout.

Turns on plot stamping. Places a plot stamp on a specified corner of each drawing and/or logs it to a file.

Plot stamp settings are specified in the Plot Stamp dialog box, in which you can specify the information that you want applied to the plot stamp, such as drawing name, date and time, plot scale, and so on. To open the Plot Stamp dialog box, select the Plot Stamp On option, and then click the Plot Stamp Settings button that is displayed to the right of the option.

You can also open the Plot Stamp dialog box by clicking the Plot Stamp Settings button on the Options dialog box, Plot and Publish tab.

Displays the Plot Stamp dialog box when the Plot Stamp On option is selected in the Plot dialog box.

Saves changes that you make in the Plot dialog box to the layout.

Orients and plots the drawing so that the short edge of the paper represents the top of the page.

Orients and plots the drawing so that the long edge of the paper represents the top of the page.

Orients and plots the drawing upside down.

Indicates the media orientation of the selected paper and represents the orientation of the drawing on the page as a letter on the paper.