Plotting
Last updated: 2020-10-26
Total video time: 13:27
Single layout plotting
Exercise files: pln-prod-basc-plot-data-c3d18.zip
Start with 023001-up.dwg
Three different options all give you the same results.
- Right-click layout > Plot...
- Output tab > Plot panel > Plot
- Quick Access toolbar > Plot
Opens up the Plot dialog which has all page setup settings.
- Printer/plotter
- Paper size
- Plot area
- Plot scale
- Plot style table
- Plot options
- Preview... to preview plot.
- OK to plot.
Multiple layout plotting in Civil 3D
pln-prod-basc-plot-02.mp4 5:17
This batch plot function allows for
- Specifying the order of sheets for plotting
- Plotting layouts from multiple DWGs, including ones not currently open.
- Working in the background
Tip: This funcitonality is also located in DWG TrueView software. Plotting is often fastest from TrueView because it opens files read-only and not for editing. TrueView batch plot
Output tab > Plot panel > Batch Plot
- Add/remove sheets
- Reorder sheets
- Apply page setups that exist in DWGs.
- Save/open sheets sets.
- Publish
Multiple layout plotting in sheet set manager
pln-prod-basc-plot-03.mp4 3:53
Home tab > Palettes panel > Sheet set manager or SSM Enter
Open... > 11701970\SheetsPlan\11701970.dst > OK>
Right-click sheet set > Publish... > Publish to Plotter
Right-click sheet set > Publish > Sheet Set PDF Publish Options... is where the folder for resulting file will be published to.
Subsets and single sheets can be multi-selected for plotting.