When plotting a drawing, you must specify the area of the drawing to plot. The Plot dialog box provides the following options under Plot Area.

• Layout or Limits. 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 the Model tab, plots the entire drawing area 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.
• Extents. Plots the portion of the current space of the drawing that contains objects. All geometry in the current space is plotted. The drawing might be regenerated to recalculate the extents before plotting.
• Display. Plots the view in the current viewport in the Model tab or the current paper space view in a layout tab.
• View. Plots a view saved previously with the VIEW command. You can select a named view from the list provided. If there are no saved views in the drawing, this option is unavailable.
• Window. Plots any portion of the drawing you specify. Click the Window button to use a pointing device to specify opposite corners of the area to be plotted, or enter coordinate values.

Procedure

To set the drawing area as you plot

1. Click Output tabPlot panelPlot. At the command prompt, enter plot.
2. In the Plot dialog box, under Plot Area, specify the portion of your drawing that you want to plot.
3. Change other settings as needed. Click OK to plot the drawing.

Quick Reference

Commands

PAGESETUP

Controls the page layout, plotting device, paper size, and other settings for each new layout.

PLOT

Plots a drawing to a plotter, printer, or file.