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Set Options for Plotted Objects

In the Plot and the Page Setup dialog boxes, you can choose from options that affect how objects are plotted.

  • Shaded Viewport Plotting. This set of options is available only from the Model tab and, in DWG TrueView, provides only the As Displayed, Wireframe, and Hidden options.
  • Plot Object Lineweights. Specifies that lineweights assigned to objects and layers are plotted.
  • Plot with Plot Styles. Specifies that the drawing is plotted using plot styles. Selecting this option automatically plots lineweights. If you do not select this option, objects are plotted with their assigned properties and not with the plot style overrides.
    Note: Plot styles are not available for objects with the Jitter edge modifier applied.
  • Plot Paper Space Last. Specifies that objects in model space are plotted before those in paper space.
  • Hide Paper space Objects. 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.
  • Plot Stamp On. Turns on plot stamping and 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, where you can specify the information 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 Plot Stamp On in the Plot dialog box, and then click the Plot Stamp Settings button.
  • Save Changes to Layout. Saves changes you make in the Plot dialog box to the layout if you click OK. This option is available only in AutoCAD and AutoCAD-based products.

Procedures

To set shaded plotting options from the Model tab

  1. Click Home tab Output panel Plot.
  2. In the Plot dialog box, Shaded Viewport Options area, Shade Plot drop-down list, select an option.

To plot lineweights

  1. Click Home tab Output panel Plot.
  2. In the Plot dialog box, under Plot Options, select Plot Object Lineweights.

    You can change this option only if the Plot with Plot Styles option is cleared.

  3. Click OK to plot the drawing.

To turn off plot styles

  1. Click Home tab Output panel Plot.
  2. In the Plot dialog box, under Plot Options, clear the Plot with Plot Styles option.
  3. Click OK to plot the drawing.

To change the order in which objects are plotted

  1. Click Home tab Output panel Plot.
  2. In the Plot dialog box, under Plot Options, select Plot Paper space Last. Clear the Plot Paper space Last option to plot paper space first.
  3. Click OK to plot the drawing.

To hide paper space objects when plotting from a layout tab

  1. Click Home tab Output panel Plot.
  2. In the Plot dialog box, under Plot Options, select Hide Paper space Objects.
  3. Click OK to plot the drawing.
Parent topic: Control How Objects Are Plotted

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