AutoCAD – Plotting & Publishing

On June 15, 2021

Release date:2021

Author:Shaun Bryant

Skill level:Beginner

Language:English

Exercise files:Yes

When it comes to CAD, “plotting” refers to everything around printing and page setup, while “publishing” refers to electronic output. These techniques are intertwined in AutoCAD. The goal of both is to clearly communicate design intent to the contractors, architects, and engineers involved in the project. Watch this course to learn how to plot and publish your own drawings effectively, using the appropriate tools and settings within AutoCAD 2016. Shaun Bryant covers scaling views, customizing page setups for layouts, and assigning plot styles to change the appearance of your drawings when they go to plot or publish. He also shows how to adjust individual settings in the Plot and Publish dialogs, so that you end up with smart, readable printouts, DWFs, and PDFs.

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01 – Welcome
02 – Using the exercise files
03 – What you should know before watching this course
04 – The new AutoCAD 2019 interface
05 – Printing and plotting
06 – Scaling
07 – The Model tab
08 – The Layout tab
09 – Setting your limits
10 – Working with modelspace and paperspace
11 – Creating a page setup
12 – Model tab – Page setup
13 – Layout tab – Page setup
14 – Modifying page setups
15 – Importing page setups
16 – Viewports – Model
17 – Viewports – Layout
18 – Polygonal viewports
19 – Clipping viewports
20 – Making viewports from objects
21 – Viewport scale and annotation scale
22 – Annotative scaling
23 – Adding an annotative scale
24 – Drawing tabs
25 – Quick View layouts
26 – Plotting and publishing from Quick View
27 – Color dependent plot style (CTB)
28 – Named plot style (STB)
29 – Changing plot styles
30 – Configuring a plotter
31 – Plotting to DWF, DWFx, and PDF
32 – DWF Writer
33 – Autodesk Design Review
34 – Markup Set Manager
35 – Autodesk A360 Drive
36 – Viewing PDF files
37 – The Publish dialog box
38 – Renaming and removing sheets
39 – Plot stamps
40 – Saving your sheet lists
41 – Publishing your sheet list
42 – The DWG compare command
43 – Generating a comparison drawing
44 – Plotting the comparison drawing
45 – Next steps