Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
tail. (And if this sounds like your kind of cocktail party, remind me that I'm busy that
night!) I do point out some occasionally useful options that will increase your vocabu-
lary when you're communicating with the Plot dialog box.
Use the Plot dialog box's tooltips to find out more about any part of the dialog
box:
1. Hover your mouse pointer over the part of the dialog box that you want to know
more about.
2. Press F1 or click the Help button at the bottom of the dialog box if the pop-up help
isn't enough.
3. For a more conceptual take on plotting, click the Learn about Plotting link to
view the Quick Start to Plotting section of the online help.
The following list explains most of the remaining controls, check boxes, and lists in the
Plot dialog box:
Printer/Plotter:
As I describe in the section “Configure it out,” earlier in this
chapter, you use the Name drop-down list to select the Windows system printer or
non-system driver configuration that you want to use for plotting.
Clicking the Properties button opens the Plotter Configuration Editor dialog box,
with which you can change
media
(type of paper) and other properties that are
unique to the currently selected plotter or printer. In particular, you can define
custom paper sizes.
As if AutoCAD's Plot dialog box settings weren't overwhelming enough,
depending on your plot device, you may also have to deal with the Plotter Config-
uration Editor dialog box. Some plotter drivers hide important settings in this dia-
log box. To access them, you typically click the Custom Properties button near the
bottom of the Plotter Configuration Editor dialog box. For example, if you're using
the enhanced Windows system driver for HP plotters, available at
www.designjet.hp.com
, you can click the Custom Properties button and then the
More Sizes button to specify which paper sizes are available to you on the Paper
Size drop-down list of the main Plot dialog box.
