2D Drafting - 09 Layouts and Printing

Objectives:

After completing this course you will be able to:

1/ Work with Layouts and Viewports.

• Organize a drawing for printing and electronic output.
• Navigate between different layouts in a drawing.
• Make a frame around specific areas of a drawing for viewing purposes.
• Add more than one viewport to a drawing.
• Define what in the drawing is shown in a viewport.
• Set up a scale for the size indicated in a viewport.
• Resize a viewport to fit information in a drawing.

2/ Create and manage Page Setups.

• Utilize a page setup to determine the appearance and format of a final output.
• Use the Page Setup Manager to create, modify, and import page setups for a drawing.

3/ Share your designs.

• Share a design with others physically or electronically.
• Print a design using a plotter or printer.
• Specify in the Plot dialogue box where and how the design should be printed.

4/ Use Annotation Scaling.

• Define what drawing annotation is.
• Use and determine an annotative scale on an object.
• Understand when to use different annotative styles.
• Set an annotative scale in a drawing or a viewport.
• Edit a preexisting annotative scale on an object.
• Create individual scale representations for an object.
• Determine how a line will be affected by an annotative scale.