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AutoCAD 2022 for Interior Design and Space Planning
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AutoCAD 2022 for Interior Design and Space Planning

by Beverly L. Kirkpatrick, James M. Kirkpatrick, Hossein Assadipour, David Byrnes
November 2021
Intermediate to advanced
672 pages
22h 19m
English
Peachpit Press
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Chapter 5

Advanced Plotting: Using Plot Styles, Paper Space, Multiple Viewports, and PDF Files

CHAPTER OBJECTIVES

  • Create a color-dependent plot style.

  • Print/plot drawings with one viewport from a layout tab.

  • Toggle between PAPER space and MODEL space while in a layout tab.

  • Correctly use the following commands:

    Page Setup Manager

    MVIEW

    INSERT-BLOCK

    Properties

    VIEWPORTS (VPORTS)

    Convert Plot Styles

  • Print/plot drawings with multiple viewports from a layout tab.

  • Print/plot drawings at various scales on the same sheet.

  • Print/plot drawings to a PDF file.

Understanding Layer Names, Colors, and Lineweights

Layers, their colors, and lineweights are very significant in plotting and printing. Varying the thickness of different types ...

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