Specifies device and media settings, and plots your drawing.
Button
Ribbon:
Output tab
Plot
panelPlotNot available on the ribbon
in the current workspace. Menu: Application
menu 
Print Plot
Toolbar: Standard
The title of the Plot dialog box indicates the name of the current layout.
You can display more options in the Plot dialog
box by clicking the More Options button. 
The following options are displayed.
Displays a list of any named and saved page setups in the drawing. You can base the current page setup on a named page setup saved in the drawing, or you can create a new named page setup based on the current settings in the Plot dialog box by clicking Add.
Displays the Add Page Setup dialog box, in which you can save the current settings in the Plot dialog box to a named page setup. You can modify this page setup through the Page Setup Manager.
Specifies a configured plotting device to use when plotting layouts.
If the selected plotter doesn't support the layout's selected paper size, a warning is displayed and you can select the plotter's default paper size or a custom paper size.
Displays the Plotter Configuration Editor (PC3 editor), in which you can view or modify the current plotter configuration, ports, device, and media settings.
If you make changes to the PC3 file using the Plotter Configuration Editor, the Changes to a Printer Configuration File dialog box is displayed.
Displays descriptive text about the output device specified in the currently selected page setup. You can edit this text in the Plotter Configuration Editor.
Plots output to a file rather than to a plotter or printer. The default location for plot files is specified in the Options dialog box, Plot and Publish tab, under Default Location for Plot-to-File Operations.
If the Plot to File option is turned on, when you click OK in the Plot dialog box, the Plot to File dialog box (a standard file navigation dialog box) is displayed.
Displays standard paper sizes that are available for the selected plotting device. If no plotter is selected, the full standard paper size list is displayed and available for selection.
If the selected plotter doesn't support the layout's selected paper size, a warning is displayed, and you can select the plotter's default paper size or a custom paper size.
A default paper size is set for the plotting device when you create a PC3 file with the Add-a-Plotter wizard. For information about this wizard, see Set Up Plotters and Printers in the Driver and Peripheral Guide. The paper size that you select in the Page Setup dialog box is saved with the layout and overrides the PC3 file settings.
The actual printable area of the page, which is determined by the selected plotting device and paper size, is indicated in the layout by a dashed line.
If you are plotting a raster image, such as a BMP or TIFF file, the size of the plot is specified in pixels, not in inches or millimeters.
Specifies the portion of the drawing to be plotted. Under What to Plot, you can select an area of the drawing to be plotted.
When plotting a layout, plots everything within the printable area of the specified paper size, with the origin calculated from 0,0 in the layout.
When plotting from the Model tab, plots the entire drawing area that is defined by the grid limits. If the current viewport does not display a plan view, this option has the same effect as the Extents option.
Plots a view that was previously saved with the VIEW command. You can select a named view from the list. If there are no saved views in the drawing, this option is unavailable.
When the View option is selected, a View list is displayed that lists the named views that are saved in the current drawing. You can select a view from this list to plot.
Plots any portion of the drawing that you specify. When you select Window, the Window button becomes available. Click the Window button to use the pointing device to specify the two corners of the area to be plotted, or enter coordinate values.
Specify first corner: Specify a point
Specify other corner: Specify a point
Specifies an offset of the plot area relative to the lower-left corner of the printable area or to the edge of the paper, depending on the setting made in the Specify Plot Offset Relative To option (Options dialog box, Plot and Publish tab). The Plot Offset area of the Plot dialog box displays the specified plot offset option in parentheses.
The printable area of a drawing sheet is defined by the selected output device and is represented by a dashed line in a layout. When you change to another output device, the printable area may change.
You can offset the geometry on the paper by entering a positive or negative value in the X and Y offset boxes. The plotter unit values are in inches or millimeters on the paper.
Controls the relative size of drawing units to plotted units. The default scale setting is 1:1 when plotting a layout. The default setting is Fit to Paper when plotting from the Model tab.
Displays the drawing as it will appear when plotted on paper by executing the PREVIEW command. To exit the print preview and return to the Plot dialog box, press ESC, press ENTER, or right-click and then click Exit on the shortcut menu.
Plot Style Table (Pen Assignments)
Sets the plot style table, edits the plot style table, or creates a new plot style table.
Displays the plot style table that is assigned to the current Model tab or layout tab and provides a list of the currently available plot style tables.
If you select New, the Add Plot Style Table wizard is displayed, which you can use to create a new plot style table. The wizard that is displayed is determined by whether the current drawing is in color-dependent or named mode.
Displays the Plot Style Table Editor, in which you can view or modify plot styles for the currently assigned plot style table.
Specifies how shaded and rendered viewports are plotted and determines their resolution level and dots per inch (dpi).
Specifies how views are plotted. To specify this setting for a viewport on a layout tab, select the viewport and then, on the Tools menu, click Properties.
From the Model tab, you can select from the following options:
Specifies the resolution at which shaded and rendered viewports are plotted.
You can select from the following options:
Specifies options for lineweights, transparency, plot styles, shaded plots, and the order in which objects are plotted.
Specifies that the plot is processed in the background. (BACKGROUNDPLOT system variable)
Specifies whether object transparency is plotted. This option should only be used when plotting drawings with transparent objects.
Specifies whether the HIDE operation applies to objects in the paper space viewport. This option is available only from a layout tab. The effect of this setting is reflected in the plot preview, but not in the layout.
Turns on plot stamping. Places a plot stamp on a specified corner of each drawing and/or logs it to a file.
Plot stamp settings are specified in the Plot Stamp dialog box, in which you can specify the information that you want applied to the plot stamp, such as drawing name, date and time, plot scale, and so on. To open the Plot Stamp dialog box, select the Plot Stamp On option, and then click the Plot Stamp Settings button that is displayed to the right of the option.
You can also open the Plot Stamp dialog box by clicking the Plot Stamp Settings button on the Plot and Publish tab of the Options dialog box.
Displays the Plot Stamp dialog box when the Plot Stamp On option is selected in the Plot dialog box.
Specifies the orientation of the drawing on the paper for plotters that support landscape or portrait orientation. The paper icon represents the media orientation of the selected paper. The letter icon represents the orientation of the drawing on the page.
