Comments on: Plotting – Getting it Right

By: premsingh

premsingh — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:50:04 +0000

how to plot about 4 meter long sketch 1:1 in roll by using hp deskjet 500 plotter

By: Darell

Darell — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:51:55 +0000

Leaving the default layout tab as “Layout1″ might work with only 1 or 2 sheets, but if you have a project with 20+ pages, it makes more sense to name the tab the same as the sheet, ie. A2.1, A3.0…etc. I have found that it makes it easier to publish multi-sheet projects easier. For one thing, you can make sure the sheets plot in the correct order so you don’t have to reshuffle them later. And if you include other disciplines in the mix, naming your sheets is even more important.

Just my 2 cents.

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:14:30 +0000

With AutoCAD, the customization I was most complimented on by users was the Import Page Setups tool. Modified from code by others, it was slick in that if you ever ran into an issue, you would run this little LISP utility once and it would import the page setups, and associated pen tables from a template to provide that consistency. The only person who was not a fan, was the reprographics salesman who couldn’t determine why the firm was printing less linear feet of paper per month, on their leased equipment.

By: CADDManager

CADDManager — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:14:38 +0000

Bryan,

I agree – the advanced tools allow you to better manage the tab names. If you are using SSM – then rename them.

But the average user may not avail themselves of those tools. So my perspective is – keep it simple.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:17:00 +0000

I’ll have to differ on keeping the layout tab named as the default “Layout1.” This isn’t the most common method out there but, when using the “Rename and Renumber” feature of the Sheet Set Manager in conjunction with the CTAB system variable within an AutoCAD Field, quick and orderly sheet numbering/renumbering can be a huge time saver.