2D or Hidden Line Renderings
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Make sure the view on screen is the one you want to print.
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Click the Print icon or choose File, Print.
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In this dialog, check Print All Elements in Black.
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If the drawing needs to be printed to scale, choose Print to Scale.
If the drawing does not need to be printed to scale, choose Fill Page With Entire Drawing.
To set a specific scale, choose Standard. If necessary, click the drop-down arrow to select a scale other than ¼".
To create a custom scale for an item not available in the standard drop-down, choose Custom. Use this formula. 12"/desired scale equals the custom scale in inches. For example, the desired plot scale is 3/16 so 12”÷3/16= 64” enter the 64 in the custom field and that will provide the correct plot scale. -
The print origin for scaled plotting allows you to determine where on the paper your plot will begin.
- Center Drawing on Page finds the center of the drawing and places it at the center of your paper
- Use Lower Left extent as origin finds the lower left corner of your drawing and places it at the lower left corner of the paper
- Specify center point allows you to choose where the center of the drawing will be placed on the center of the paper
- Specify lower left origin allows you to choose what you want to be the lower left hand corner of the drawing -
If desired, click Preview to preview the print job.
Choose Setup to change the paper from portrait to landscape. What is shown in the Setup dialog depends on which printer is installed.
Click Print to send the job to the printer now.
Color Rendering
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Click the Render 3D Window icon
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Choose File/Print, or click the Print icon
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In the Print dialog, click Print.