{"id":1387,"date":"2010-01-11T05:17:57","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T13:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/?p=1387"},"modified":"2010-01-09T15:54:57","modified_gmt":"2010-01-09T23:54:57","slug":"plotting-getting-it-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/2010\/01\/plotting-getting-it-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Plotting – Getting it Right"},"content":{"rendered":"

Page Setup and Plotting<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an area that is constantly a battle. Getting the output to look consistent is the goal of all CAD Managers and firms. Get it right and no one will complain (or compliment) – but get it wrong and the all of your efforts will be for nothing. Everyone will complain.<\/p>\n

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I think that everyone complains about plotting anyway. It is the most frequent area of concern. Every firm has problems. It never seems to work consistently. It is always a pain.<\/p>\n

Plotting must be standardized in order to achieve a consistent look and feel. This process incorporates the pen table, standard Symbology and presentation of the plotting area in a Paper Space Layout. Some of the uses of the Layouts in Paper Space allow us to achieve differing looks for presentations, marketing and illustrations. Some firms use these and others do not.<\/p>\n

While this is allowable in the early stages of a project, when construction docs are created we must confine ourselves to an agreed upon procedure and presentation for plotting. This will allow for streamlined tools and batch plotting.<\/p>\n

When creating Construction Documents plots:<\/p>\n

Each sheet file should have only one border located in paper space at 0,0. One file will be used to create one plot.<\/p>\n

All plots should be created from paper space using one layout tab.<\/p>\n

All plotting config files, pen tables and plot styles should be stored in one common location on the server and should be set to read only.<\/p>\n

Plotting scale shall set to 1:1 in Paper Space.<\/p>\n

Reminder – One Sheet file represents one Plot file.<\/p>\n

The first Layout Tab should be used for full size plotting. It should keep the default name \u201cLAYOUT1\u201d. Why bother changing it. Some people use sizes or other methods of naming this tab. I don’t bother.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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