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will be me command. Allow me line ro overlap me
desired blocks. Use dine> again ro establish a ([im boundary where me line imercepts me block. AutoCAD will not
trim the line at me imercept wim me block so you need ro
create a temporary boundary. Afrer <([im> use ro erase
me temporary boundary. If you didn't allow me temporary
line ro extend beyond me icon or if you didn't set me line
of angle ro me icon block men finding me line may be difficulL Use (erase> (crossing) men (remove) ro
remove me icon from me erase seL Select me icon and
. Continue unril you have finished all me icons and
needed lines.
13. One final note. ot all ploners will plot ro me ourside
edges of me paper. We use a Housron Instrumenrs DMP62MP and we need ro leave a 3/4" border on me perimeter. The 3/4" offset is in acrual inches, nO[ in me drawings
scale. We use (move) (crossings) ro place me
drawing wimin me ploners operating parameters. The
is me lower left hand corner. We move me
base poim ro l' 6",1' 6" for a drawing scale of 1/2"= l' and
ro 0'9",0'9" for a drawing scale of 1/4"=1 '.
14. Once me drawing is finished use after doing a
(zoom) (extems).
PLOTTING THE DRAW1NG
1. Once me drawing is opened select . First check me
pen assignmems and make sure me configuration is what
you need. AutoCAD will srore a number of ploners and
ploner configurations for me user. Also make sure mat me
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oriemation and origins are correCL You could also use mis
function ro accomplish me same as me command as
ouclined above in Step 13. You can use me origin ro offset
in plO[ me drawing while leaving me acrual drawing origins
at 0,0. ext set me drawing scale at me desired ploning
scale. Then select me paper size. AutoCAD has many srock
paper sizes and user specified formars. Under selecr me desired parameter. You can select
from , , , , and . You can also select whemer ro create a plO[ file or whemer ro export direccly ro me ploner. Now go
ro . This command will allow you ro "view"
me plO[ before ploning. will display me oucline of
me paper and me oucline of me drawing
as ploned. AutoCAD will warn you if the
plO[ limits exceed me paper limits. will allow for a
detailed view of me ploL You can use ro
inspecr me drawing in detail and ro rerum
ro me plO[ menu. Select when you are mrough in me
plO[ menu and AutoCAD will eimer create me plot file or
initialize me ploner and prompt .
When all is ready press .
You can also use postscript our and prim ro GIF files.
2. Additional note. Some drawings take a while ro ploL I have
had some scenic drawings take up ro four hours ro complete.
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CHARLES T. PARSONS is a designer and ftculty member at
PlIldue Universit)
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