Printing an AutoCAD Drawing - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 790

2. Start the PLOT command once again, expand the What To Plot drop-
down list, and click View. A new drop-down list appears to the right.
3. Expand the new drop-down list, and choose East_elev.
4. Click the Preview button, and the preview should look similar to
Figure 15.6. A view is always taken from the same fixed location. In
the preceding chapter, you moved several components of the cabin
drawing and might need to update the named views to reflect this.
The View option for What To Plot is a valuable tool for setting up
partial prints of a drawing.
FiGuRE 15.6 Plotting model space to a named view (East_elev)
5. Press Esc to exit the preview, and then click Cancel to close the Plot
dialog box.
the Window option
Using a window to define the area of a plot is the most flexible of the five methods
described so far. It's like using a zoom window in the drawing. When you select
this option, you're returned to your drawing, where you'll make a window around
the area you want to print. When you return to the Plot dialog box, a Window
button appears in the right side of the Plot Area section (see Figure 15.7), in case
you need to redefine the window.