To Work with Named Page Setups for Plotting
You can use named page setups to store plot settings to publish a drawing.
Create a New Named Page Setup
- Click Output tabPlot panelPage Setup Manager. Find
- In the Page Setup Manager, Page Setups area, click New.
- In the New Page Setup dialog box, enter a name for the new page setup.
- Under Start With, select a page setup in the list. The settings specified in the selected
page setup will be displayed in the Page Setup dialog box after you click OK. - Click OK.
- In the Page Setup dialog box, change any required settings. Click OK.
The new page setup is displayed in the Page Setups list in the Page Setup Manager.
- To apply the new page setup to the current layout, in the Page Setup Manager, click
Set Current. - In the Page Setup Manager, click Close.
Modify the Settings of a Layout’s Page Setup
- Click the layout tab for which you want to modify the page setup settings.
- Click Output tabPlot panelPage Setup Manager. Find
- In the Page Setup Manager, Page Setups area, select the page setup that you want to
modify. - Click Modify.
- In the Page Setup dialog box, modify the required settings. Click OK.
- In the Page Setup Manager, click Close.
Rename or Delete a Layout’s Page Setup
- In the Page Setup Manager, Page Setups area, select and right-click the page setup
that you want to rename or delete. - Click Rename or Delete from the shortcut menu.
Apply a Layout’s Named Page Setup to Another Layout
- Click the layout tab to which you want to apply another layout’s page setup settings.
- Click Output tabPlot panelPage Setup Manager. Find
- In the Page Setup Manager, Page Setups area, select a named page setup that you want
to apply to the layout selected in the drawing area. - Click Set Current.
- Click Close.
Import a Named Page Setup from Another Drawing
- Click Output tabPlot panelPage Setup Manager. Find
- In the Page Setup Manager, click Import.
- In the Select Page Setup From File dialog box, select a drawing file from which you
want to import one or more named page setups. Click Import. - In the Import Page Setups dialog box, select one or more page setups to import. Click
OK.If a page setup with the same name already exists in the drawing, you can redefine
the settings of the existing one with the settings of the imported page setup, or
you can cancel the operation.The imported page setups are displayed in the Page Setup Manager in the list of page
setups.NOTE:You can import both model space and layout page setups at the same time. However,
an imported model space page setup is shown in the Page Setup Manager only if the
model tab was current when you opened the Page Setup Manager. Similarly, an imported
layout page setup is shown in the Page Setup Manager only if a layout tab was current
when you opened the Page Setup Manager. - In the Page Setup Manager, click Close.
Override Settings
Named page settings can be overridden on the fly, as you’re printing. The new settings
can be saved as a new named page setup.
- Click Output tabPlot panelPlot. Find
- In the Plot dialog box, change the required settings.
- Under Page Setups, click Add.
- In the Add Page Setup dialog box, enter a name for the new named page setup.
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