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Create layer overrides to create plot variations

By Ellen Finkelstein

Recently, a reader asked how to plot a drawing in black & white except for text. I had a few thoughts — plot styles and layer states, for example — but one idea was layer overrides.

Let’s say that you want to create some plot variations of your drawing. One way to do this is […]

July 14th, 2013 | Tags: , , , , | Category: layers | 5 comments

How to automatically display the plotting scale on your AutoCAD drawing

By Ellen Finkelstein

A reader asked me, “Can we have AutoCAD print the plotting scale on the drawing?”

Yes, you can! I’m going to assume that you have 1 viewport on a layout tab with a title block that will display the scale of that viewport.

Here are the steps:

Set the scale for the viewport. I explain […]

March 16th, 2013 | Tags: , , | Category: Drawing, Plotting & Output | 13 comments