The Plotting window (Linux only)
Overview :
The Plotting window :
- To open this window (Linux only)
- Applications
Also see :
- Placing details onto Detail Sheets (a related topic)
- Placing Submaterials on Gather Sheets (a related topic)
- From Erection Views to Erection Sheets (a related topic)
- Plotting under Linux (step-by-step instructions)
- Plotting your current drawing under Linux (step-by-step instructions)
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To open the window (Linux only):
Method 1 : Home > Export > Plotting .
Methods 2, 3 & 4 : In the Modeling (classic) or Drawing Editor (classic), choose Interface > Plotting , or click the Plotting icon, or use a keyboard shortcut .
Tip: If you want to print your current drawing in the Drawing Editor , use method 2, 3 or 4 to open this window, do the setup you need under " Print Options ," then File > Print your current drawing.
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| Plotter Options |
Current Plotter: read-only . This tells you the name of the plotter that will be printed to when you " Plot " under Linux. Also, this sets the file type (e.g. HP-GL or HP-GL/2) for sheet files output using " Output sheets ."
To change the current printer : Click " Choose Printer ."
1 . Click " Choose Plotter " to open a list of available printers and plotters.
2 . On the list, double-click the printer that you want to print sheets to.
3 . The printer you selected will now be the " Current Plotter " under this section ( Plotter Options ) and also at the top of the Plotter Configuration window.
1 . Click " Plotter Configuration " to open the Plotter Configuration window.
2 . On that window, you can -- for example -- change the scaling or margins of a to-be-plotted sheet and confirm that the sheet will be printed the way you want it to be printed.
3 . After pressing " OK " or " Cancel " to close that window, you can press " Plot " or " Output Sheets " on this window to actually print or export print files.
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| Print Options |
Current Printer: read-only . It tells you the name of the printer that will be printed to when you File > Print your current drawing in the Drawing Editor under Linux.
To change the current printer: Click " Choose Printer ."
1 . Click " Choose Printer " to open a window with a list of available printers and plotters.
2 . On the list, double-click the printer that you want to output drawings to when you File > Print in the Drawing Editor .
3 . The selected printer or plotter will now be the " Current Printer " under this section ( Print Options ) and also on the Plotter Configuration window. To print at this point, see Print .
1 . Click " Print Configuration " to open the Plotter Configuration window.
2 . On that window, you can -- for example -- set whether File > Print outputs a drawing to a printer (' Use Printer ') or to a file.
3 . After pressing " OK " to close that window, the settings on that window will be applied when you File > Print a drawing in the Drawing Editor .
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| Data Interface |
1 . Click " Plot " to output sheets to the " Current Printer " that is shown under " Printer Options ."
2 . Follow the instructions for "Plotting under Linux" beginning with step 6 .
1 . Click " Output Sheets " to output sheet files to a particular file folder on, for example, your hard drive.
2 . A selection dialog opens after you click " Output Sheets ." By default, a selection list of detail sheets is shown.
2a (optional) : Press the button under the " Destination " heading if you want these print files to be output to a location other than the file folder that is set for User Opitons > the " Output " tab > " Plotter ."
2b : Choose the type of sheets you want to print (" Detail Sheets " or " Gather Sheets " or " Erection Sheets ").
2c : Select the particular sheets you want to plot, then press the " OK " button.
3 . The Select Number of Copies to Plot dialog opens.
3a : Enter the " Number of copies " you want, then press the " OK " button.
Note: Entering a number of copies greater than 1 will neither increase the number of files nor their size; it will only increase the number of prints that will be output from each when the file(s) are eventually output to a printer.
4 . As each file is written to the designated file folder, it is named after the original sheet and given a ".plt" extension.