Plotting

Creating Metric Drawing Sheets with Imperial Page Sizes

by Donnie Gladfelter on February 11, 2011

in AutoCAD

Although imperial measurements remain the prevalent standard in the U.S., a growing number of projects are indeed utilizing metric measurements. This combination of both imperial and metric measurements creates a unique challenge for many architects and engineers. After all we’re taught paper space (layouts) should always be 1:1, yet using a standard imperial paper size [...]

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Name That Page Setup and Win (Save) Money

by Donnie Gladfelter on April 18, 2010

in AutoCAD 2006,AutoCAD 2007,AutoCAD 2008,AutoCAD 2009,AutoCAD 2010,AutoCAD 2011

AutoCAD provides an almost infinite number of possibilities when preparing a drawing for plotting. Setting up drawing to plot is like an artist making a reproduction of a painting; the two paintings will look very similar, but they’ll never look exactly the same. This is much like plotting in AutoCAD; you’ll probably find the right [...]

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