University of Florida DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR DESIGN IND 2460

College of Architecture

Computer Applications for Three Dimensional Design

PLO TTI NG Overview

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To use the plotter, you will send your plot to the plotter over the network and then go to the server computer next to the plotter and tell it to plot your file. This tutorial tells you how to use print setup to plot black and white prints. Procedure 1. Move your drawing file from your zip disk to the C: drive. Open your drawing. 2. Go the File menu Page Setup command. The Printer Setup dialog box will appear.
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From the list of printers chose Architecture E size plotter. Form the Plot Styles list choose Monochrome CTB (prints the lines as black). Click the Layout Settings tab In the Paper Size and paper units quadrant choose ARCH D size (34 x 22) Make sure the inches button under the list is on. Choose Landscape orientation. In the Scale quadrant set the Custom Scale to 1:1. Then click OK.

3. Click the Layout 1 tab at the bottom of the drawing screen. Notice that the UCS symbol in the bottom left corner has changed to the paper space icon. (looks like a 60,30 triangle). Also the MODEL button in the status bar now displays PAPER. These are two signs that you are operating in paperspace.

Displayed I the drawing window is the 34 x 22 sheet that you specified in the page set up. The rectangle on that page is the view port through which you can see your drawings that exist in Model space. While you are in paper space, you can draw borders, hatch areas and place the titles you may want plotted with your drawings. First lets add another viewport, make a drawing visible in each and then scale them. 4. Make a layer for the viewports.. Go to the layers controls box and a new layer titled Viewports. Move the existing viewport to the new layer. Make Viewports the active layer. Insert the second viewport using the mview command as follows: Make sure snap is on Go to the View Menu/Tiled Viewports command and choose 1 Viewport ON/OFF/Hideplot/Fit/2/3/4/Restore/<First Point>: drag out a rectangle that is about 12" wide and 14" tall. Regenerating drawing. 5. Put a different drawing in each Viewport Click on the PAPER button in the status bar. It should now say MODEL. Look at your viewports one of them should have a darker outline. This designates that it is the active viewport. Click on the other viewport and you can select it. You are no longer in Paperspace. Now you are in a hyprid of Modelspace and Paperspace called floating model space. In this space you can see the objects in Paperspace but cannot change them. You can also see the objects in Modelspace AND you can the objects within the active viewport. 6. Next we will center each drawing within its respective Viewport and then set the scale Use the pan command to center the plan drawing in the middle of the viewport. Type: esc Scale the viewport using the Zoom command as follows: Command: zoom All/Center/Dynamic/Extents/Previous/Scale(X/XP)/Window/<Realtime>: s Enter scale factor: 1/48xp The drawing in the viewport is now scaled at 1/4 = 1 0 How did I figure that? Here we go 1/4 paperspace units = 12 modelspace units 1 = 12 x 4/1 Plotting from AutoCAD page 2

1 = 48 1 paperspace unit to 48 modelspace units or 1/48xp Now, go ahead a scale the other view port. 7. Click the MODEL button in the status bar to switch back to paper space. In paper space add any graphic elements you wish to liven up your drawing. 8. When you are ready to plot, open the plot dialog box. All the settings should be set from the page set up. Preview your image to make sure all is well. Click the Plot button. 9. Go to the plotter in the main room. Look at the panel on the right side of the plotter. If the middle light in the far right column is off, push the continue plotting button on the upper right of the panel. The light should blink for awhile and then stay on. The plotter is ready to plot when this light is on. 10. Logon to the print server on the table next to the plotter and send your plot to the plotter. Look to see if the middle light in the far right column is blinking. This means that the plotter has received your file and will start plotting it. 11. You should refrain from pushing any of buttons on the plotter except the continue plotting button. If your plot never comes out, check which lights are lit on the console. 12. If the if the top lights in the middle far right columns are blinking then the paper is misaligned and needs to be reloaded. 13. Look on the bulletin board. There are directions posted about what these blinking lights mean. Ask the lab technician for help.

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PLOTTING ACCORDING TO SCALE SETTING YOUR SCALE ACCORDING TO BUILDING SIZE Viewport Sizes In X - Y Scales 10.5 x 8.0 16 x 10 1/8" = 1'- 0 " 1/4" = 1'- 0 " 3/8" = 1'- 0 " 1/2" = 1'- 0 " 3/4" = 1'- 0 " 1 1/2" = 1'- 0 " 3" = 1'- 0 " 84' 42' 28' 21' 13' 4" 6' 8" 3' 6" x x x x x x x 64' 32' 21' 4" 16' 10' 5' 2' 8" 128' 64' 44'" 32' 21' 4" 10' 8" 5' 4" x x x x x x x 80' 40' 28' 4" 21' 13' 4" 6' 8" 3' 4"

21 x 16 168' 84' 57' 4" 42' 28' 14' 7' 0" x x x x x x x 128' 64' 44' 32' 21' 4" 10' 8" 5' 4"

33 X 21 264' 132' 94' 8 66' 44' 22' 11' x x x x x x x 168' 84' 62' 8" 42' 28' 14' 7'

TEXT HEIGHTS PER SCALE Note Type & Real Size Detail notes Title -small Scales 3/16" high 1/4" high 1/8" = 1'- 0 " 1/4" = 1'- 0 " 1/2" = 1'- 0 " 3/4" = 1'- 0 " 1 1/2" = 1'- 0 " 3" = 1'- 0 " 18" 9" 4 1/2" 3" 1 1/2" 3/4" 24" 12" 6" 4" 2" 1"

Detail number 3/8" high 36" 18" 9" 6" 3" 1 1/2"

Title Large 1/2" high 48" 24" 12" 8" 4" 2"

PEN ASSIGNMENTS PER SCALE Pen Colors Scales Red Yellow 1/8" = 1' 1/4" = 1' 1/2" = 1' 1 1/2" = 1' 3" = 1' 0.20 0.20 0.25 0.35 0.45 0.12 0.15 0.15 0.20 0.25

Green 0.09 0.12 0.12 0.15 0.20

Cyan 0.05 0.05 0.08 0.12 0.15

Blue 0.03 0.03 0.05 0.09 0.10

Magenta 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.05 0.08

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