Plotting, publishing and scaling drawings in AutoCAD is easy, regardless of what you might think! With the appropriate use of viewports, page setups and scaling, you can easily communicate your design intent, making you more effective! This intermediate level course provides you with the skills needed to develop your AutoCAD knowledge to an expert level, giving you the ability to plot, publish and scale with ease, impressing your customers and colleagues! Work files are included. To begin learning, simply click the movie links.

*This course uses AutoCAD 2010 for videos and Work Files. Some of the ribbon, toolbar and menu settings may differ slightly on previous versions of AutoCAD.

Course Autodesk AutoCAD: Plotting, Publishing and Scaling
Author Shaun Bryant
SKU 34061
ISBN 1-935320-83-1
Release Date 2009-11-19
Duration 7.00 hrs / 94 tutorials
Work files Yes
Price $ 49.95
Retail price $ 99.95
Language
Tags Autodesk, AutoCAD 2010
Required software Autodesk AutoCAD 2010
 
Introduction
Printing & Plotting 04:05
Scaling 02:01
The STARTUP Variable
Using STARTUP 03:26
The STARTUP Dialog Box 06:10
AutoCAD 2009 - Menu Browser 03:24
AutoCAD 2010 - Application Menu 05:46
Modelspace
The Model Tab 03:26
Using Units - Imperial 06:18
Using Units - Metric 04:51
Setting Your Limits 04:49
Using Zoom 05:34
Working In Modelspace 04:13
Layouts (Paperspace)
The Layout Tab 04:22
Creating New Layouts 05:58
Layouts from Templates 03:59
Page Setup Manager
Creating a Page Setup 03:39
Model Tab - Page Setups pt. 1 03:33
Model Tab - Page Setups pt. 2 04:49
Layouts - Page Setups 05:38
Modifying Page Setups 04:46
Importing Page Setups 05:50
Viewports
Default Viewports - Options 03:21
Named Views 04:50
Viewports - Model 05:42
Viewports - Layout 06:15
Polygonal Viewports 03:27
Clipping Viewports 03:30
Making Viewports from Objects 03:35
Plotting to Scale
Viewport Scale 06:59
Annotation Scale 06:14
Annotative Scaling 05:13
Adding an Annotative Scale 06:10
Annotative Scaling from Model 05:59
Quick View
Quick View Layouts 03:42
Quick View Drawings 03:46
New Layouts in Quick View 04:45
Plotting from Quick View 04:09
Publishing from Quick View 03:24
Plotting Styles
Using a Plot Style 04:15
Creating a Plot Style 04:40
Color - Dependant Plot Styles - CTB 05:18
Named Plot Styles - STB 06:05
Changing Plot Styles 04:11
Setting Up a Plotter
Adding a Plotter 05:36
Plotter Drivers 04:15
Configuring Your Plotter 05:53
Plotting to Hardcopy
Customizing Plot Sizes 05:44
Plot Preview 03:07
Plotting Electronically
Plotting to DWF 04:52
Plotting to DWFx 03:37
Plotting to PDF 03:32
Plotting to DGN 04:43
DWF Writer 03:29
Autodesk Design Review 04:42
Viewing PDF Files 03:02
Publishing Your Drawings
The Publish Dialog Box 05:09
Renaming Sheets 03:48
Removing Sheets 03:47
Plot Stamps 07:15
Saving Your Sheet Lists 05:50
Setting Up a Title Block
Layer Settings 04:42
Drawing Your Title Block pt. 1 05:35
Drawing Your Title Block pt. 2 06:01
Drawing Your Title Block pt. 3 02:16
Page Size & Setup 05:10
Using Fields 06:02
Using Attributes 04:39
Saving as a Block 07:00
Template Title Blocks - DWT
Using a DWT File 04:54
Creating a DWT Easily! 06:51
Storing DWT Title Blocks 04:02
Project
Exercise 1 - Setup 03:43
Exercise 2 - Layers 04:21
Exercise 3 - Title Block pt. 1 03:58
Exercise 4 - Title Block pt. 2 05:15
Exercise 5 - Page Size & Setup 04:38
Exercise 6 - Adding Layouts 02:33
Exercise 7 - Viewports 02:30
Exercise 8 - Scaling 05:31
Exercise 9 - Properties pt. 1 05:57
Exercise 10 - Properties pt. 2 02:02
Exercise 11 - Fields pt. 1 05:19
Exercise 12 - Fields pt. 2 02:33
Exercise 13 - Attributes pt. 1 04:08
Exercise 14 - Attributes pt. 2 02:00
Exercise 15 - Block 05:55
Exercise 16 - Editing Blocks 03:04
Exercise 17 - DWT 05:08
Exercise 18 - Publish Settings 05:12
Exercise 19 - Viewing DWFs 02:30
Conclusion
Wrap Up 01:13
Credits
About the Author 00:58

 
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