Autocad does not print drawings. Sheets in AutoCAD

In this lesson I will tell you about how the drawing is printed in the program. AutoCAD.

AT autocad exist 2 ways to print drawings: Print from model and print from sheet.

The most rational way is. In general, I strongly recommend that you learn work with sheets in AutoCAD, scale and arrange all your drawings exactly on sheets and print from sheets. The fact is that when you configure sheet settings, you simultaneously configure print settings. And when using sheets, you do not have to adjust the print settings every time you try to print a drawing.

But first we'll figure it out print from model.

Let's say we have an architectural and construction drawing in model space, built in full size.

Before printing, we need to add a stamped format to the drawing. Directly in the model we will draw a frame for A2 format with a stamp. We also draw a frame with a stamp in full size.

Now, if we move away from the format, we will see that the objects of the drawing are huge, and the format is very small.

Therefore, we need to enlarge our format box in such a way that the drawing objects fit inside the format box frame. Here it is also important to take into account the scale on which we want to see our drawing after it. printing on paper. For example, I want this drawing to be displayed at a scale of 1:100 after printing on paper. To do this, I need to enlarge the format box exactly 100 times, and then move the frame so that the drawing objects are inside the format box frame.

So, we select our format. We launch the "Scale" command. Specify the base point, for example, in the lower left corner of the format. Next, you need to specify the numerical value of how many times we want to increase the object. Enter the number 100 and press the "Enter" key. The format is enlarged. Using the "Move" command, we move our frame so that our drawing is inside it.

Now you can proceed directly to print drawing. In the upper left corner of the AutoCAD program screen, click on the button with the image of the letter "A". From the unfolded scroll, select "Print".

The print window appears.

Let's configure the print settings in this AutoCAD window.

First, let's set the plotter type. I don't have a physical plotter connected to my computer, so I'll use a virtual plotter that does print drawing to file DWF format. Select the plotter "DWF6 ePlot.pc3" from the scroll.

Let's set the format. Select the format "ISO borderless A2 (594.00 x 420.00 mm)" from the rollout.

Set the printable area. Near the inscription "What to print:" in the scroll, select "Frame".

Next in model space, we need to click on the two diagonally opposite corner points of the printable frame. We click, for example, on the extreme upper left and extreme lower right points of our format.

Put a checkmark next to the inscription "Center".

The format of the sheet is horizontal. Therefore, in In the "Drawing Orientation" settings section, put a dot next to the "Landscape" item.

In chapter "Print scale" be sure to uncheck the box next to the inscription "Fit". Then select a scale of 1:100 from the scroll.

Let's select the print style sheet. I want all the lines in my drawing to print in black. So let's select the print stylesheet "Monochrome.ctb" .

Set the presentation quality to "Presentation".

Everything. The print settings are now complete. We press "OK".

If you have a physical plotter connected to the computer, and you specified it when setting up the print settings, then the process of printing the drawing on this plotter will begin. If, like me, you have chosen the virtual plotter "DWF6 ePlot.pc3" in the settings, then a window will appear in which you need to specify the name of the future DWF file and the folder on the hard drive where this file will be placed. After that, your drawing will be printed into a DWF file, which will be saved in the location you specified.

Now let's take a look print sheet drawing .

Let's say we have a separate sheet, with a viewport, where the same drawing is placed in the required scale (1:100), with a format and a stamp. The drawing on the sheet is arranged, the sheet settings are configured. How this is done, I described in detail in the article " " .

While on the sheet, click on the button with the letter "A" in the upper left corner of AutoCAD and select "Print". If we have the sheet settings correctly configured, then we do not need to configure anything in the print settings at all. Everything is automatically transferred from the Yuda from the sheet settings. But if necessary, the print settings can be adjusted here for this particular print.

The settings here should be set to almost the same as when printing from the model. The only difference is the scale. On the sheet, the print scale is ALWAYS indicated 1:1. The scale of the drawing (1:100) is specified not in the print settings, but in the viewport settings. Also, when working with sheets, the format with a stamp is drawn in full size 1:1 and placed on the sheet space. It is not necessary to increase it 100 times, as in the case of printing from a model.

Next click "OK" and start the printing process, as in the previous case. If "DWF6 ePlot.pc3" is selected, AutoCAD will plot to a DWF file and save it to the folder you specified.

This lesson is about printing drawings in AutoCAD completed.

Sincerely, Dmitry Lapin.

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Drawing formats must strictly comply with the formats defined by ESKD GOST 2.301-68. In accordance with this GOST, the formats are divided into basic and additional formats. The largest format among the main formats is 841x1189 mm. The remaining formats are considered additional and are obtained by successively dividing the previous large format, as shown in Fig. 1.

The format of the sheet must be drawn up in accordance with Fig.2. On the left, between the outer frame and the inner frame, we retreat 20 mm for filing drawings. Top, bottom and right indent 5 mm from the outer frame. The main inscription should be 185 mm long and 55 mm wide.

Table 1 shows the sizes of the main and additional formats.

So that each sheet format is not drawn from scratch. You can download the archive absolutely free from basic and secondary formats. For ease of use, I put down sizes next to each format. Each sheet format is designed as a document project documentation. main inscription and additional columns made in drawing font in accordance with GOST 2.304-68.

The archive contains dwg files made in Autocad:

• 1. Main formats: A1, A2, A3, A4.
• 2. Additional formats: А4х3…А4х7, А3х3…А3х6, А2х3…А4х5, А1х3, А1х4.
• 3. Scheme with the construction of formats with a detailed description.
• 4. Drawing font GOST 2.304-68.

When working with the program, many novice users have a question about how to print a drawing in AutoCAD, because, unlike many text and graphic editors, a number of additional aspects must be taken into account here.

Printing a drawing in AutoCAD occurs according to a pre-configured algorithm.

All settings for the implementation of prepress are made in the "Sheet Settings Manager" section. To facilitate further work, it would be more useful to create a new set with parameters; for this, click "Create" in the window that opens.

The "Options" window will open, where you need to set all the basic configurations for printing, namely:

1. "Printer / Plotter" - accordingly, from the list provided, indicate which device will be used to implement the plan: printer, plotter or driver for converting a drawing into a pdf file.
2. "Format" - just like the appearance of the drawings, is regulated by "GOST 2.301-68", it is necessary to focus on the following standardized formats:

• A0 - 841x1189
• A1 - 594x841
• A2 - 420x594
• A3 - 297x420
• A4 - 210x297

It is also worth paying attention to the possibility of using formats formed by increasing the short sides by a multiple of their sizes:

"Print area" - leave one of four areas:

• "Borders" - all drawing objects are selected, the border will be determined by the edges of the objects;
• "Sheet" - the currently active one is used;
• "Screen" - only the area that is currently displayed is selected;
• "Frame" - a rectangular area (frame) is manually created around the required object, you will need to select two opposite points of the frame.

1. "Print Scale" - the scale can be "fit in" - usually used in draft versions or you can set 1:1 / 1:100, etc.
2. "Print Options" - check the required scenarios: "Consider lineweight", "Transparency", "Consider styles", "Sheet objects last" and "Hide objects".
3. "Drawing Orientation" - standard selection of "Portrait" or "Landscape".
4. "Offset" - depending on the need, specify the offset along the "X" and "Y" axes, or select "Center".
5. Click "OK" to apply and save the entered settings.

Custom format

To create such a format, open the "File" tab and open the "Settings Manager" section already mentioned above. Next, click on the "Edit" button. In the "Printer/Plotter" list, select an option that allows you to set a custom file size, such as "DWG To PDF.pc3" and click "Property". In the "Plotter Options Editor" window, go to the third tab "Device and Documents" and expand the "Custom Sizes" section.

• leave the "Start over" line unchanged;
• in the "Dimensions" item, set the values ​​\u200b\u200bfor the width and length;
• in the next window, set the margins of the print area, it is allowed to specify "0" to prevent "cutting";
• next, specify the "Format Name" and "File Name";
• Finally, click "Finish".

After returning to the previous step, click on the "Save As" button and save the configuration.

Printing in AutoCAD

Make the file you want to print active, and press the keyboard shortcut "Ctrl + P" or the red button "A" in the upper left corner, then in the "Print" list.

When performing school drawings in the KOMPAS-3D system, there is no educational school format A4 horizontal position (horizontal orientation). We will first have to build this format in the KOMPAS-3D system and save it for further use.

Let's start by installing this system on the computer first. You may have already installed this KOMPAS-3D V 13 Home system. You can use other versions of KOMPAS.

I will show the step-by-step execution of the A4 format horizontally, the orientation is horizontal.

Starting the system - File – Create – Drawing – OK. And we have such an A4 format. This format is numbered in the format library 1 - Design drawing Firstsheet. GOST 2.104-2006. For academic work we don't need this format. Let's convert this format as a school one and save it.

To do this, go to the menu - Service. Options > First Sheet Options > Format > Orientation > Horizontal > (OK - can be skipped).

Next, we move on to formatting. Options - First Sheet Options - Registration > Choose> Choose a design> Without inner frame #13> OK> OK.

As a result, we got the size of our A 4 format, which is equal to - 279x210 mm. It remains to draw a frame that limits its field and the title block of the format. The frame lines and the main inscription are made with solid thick main lines. In the horizontal position of the A 4 format, the lines are drawn to the left and right at a distance of 8 mm, from the bottom we draw at a distance of 5 mm from the outer frame, performed by a solid thin line. On the top side, leave a distance of 20 mm from it. This strip is left for filing drawings. We will insert all formats into files and store them there.

A activate the toolbar Geometry, and choose a tool Continuous entry of objects or Line segment. Who likes what. I'm used to the tool - Continuous input of objects. On the Property panels(located at the bottom of the working field, by default), select the line - Main.

After all these procedures, we will draw a frame of our format.

These are the dimensions we need to build the drawing frame. Why do we leave 8 mm on the left and right. This is because when we print, we do not get the top line in the working field of the drawing.

Choose main line - Geometry> Continuous entry of objects.Bring our cursor to the origin, this is Angle 0.0 – nearest point. On the Property panels we collect 8 mm and the angle is 0, along the axis X , click the left side of the mouse. The system itself draws a main line with a length of 8 mm and with a direction of 0°, along the axis X .

The next step is to build a vertical line 190 mm long. Why this size? From above we leave 20 mm, format lines. This is 210 mm - 20 mm = 190 mm. Every time we break a line, when building the next line, the beginning will always be at the ends of this line. This will Injection– 0,0 ,nearest point. The direction of the constructed line is - Length 190 mm, Wall - 90° along the axis y .

Why this size is 281 mm. The length of the format is 297 mm. On the left side we leave 8 mm, and on the right side also 8 mm. 8 mm + 8 mm = 16 mm. From 297 mm - 16 mm = 281 mm.

We continue to build the format frame. It is necessary to draw a vertical line on the right side. On the Property panels recruiting Length this line 185 mm, Angle 270°- down the y axis. We fix the mouse cursor at the end of the previous line and click on the left side of the mouse. We have built a line. Why did they direct this line down, 185 mm long. Leave 20 mm at the top and 5 mm at the bottom of the format. It turns out 20 mm + 5 mm = 25 mm. Subtract from 210 mm - 25 mm \u003d 185 mm. Here is such arithmetic.

This is what our format looks like after removing all unnecessary lines. In the lower right corner of the format, we will build the main inscription of the drawing, according to the dimensions given in the textbook. Page 16, drawing - 19, a.

Good afternoon! Got a question from a reader

Good day to you!
I have autocad 2016 trial. Win 10 operating system.
Printer HP Desingjet 110 plus.
Through autocad does not print, writes there is no driver for this printer.
Reinstalled the printer driver, nothing. Autocad 2016 does not see it.
Help me please. I really like AutoCAD 2016, but you can't work without this printer.
Sincerely,
Sergey Perekhrest

Let's try to figure it out.

So the task is: AutoCAD 2016 installed on a computer running Windows 10, and there is a printer HP Desingjet 110 plus, which is not visible to AutoCAD "and when you try to print, it displays a message that there is no driver for this printer. At the same time, the printer is visible from other programs and works properly.

In the knowledge base we find the document "HP printers do not work with AutoCAD on Windows 8 or newer systems", from which we conclude that the problem with printers concerns AutoCAD 2015 and 2016 installed on Windows 8 and 10.

According to this document, the problem is that neither HP nor Autodesk support legacy printers.

You can find out if your printer is supported or not by visiting the "HP Printers Not Supported in Windows 8" page. Safely verifying that the HP Designjet 110 Plus printer is no longer supported

Immediately, HP recommends replacing the printer with one of the many new HP printers that are supported by Windows 8 and 10. Of course, we also have this one alive!

What can be done? Try one of the tricks and you might get lucky:

1. Update the driver. Download the latest driver for your device from the HP website and reinstall it.

If it didn't work, then

2. Install the HP DesignJet Universal Print Driver. You can download it from here. In general, I recommend taking a closer look at this program, especially if you have several different models of HP printers. Before installation, be sure to remove already installed printer drivers and the printer itself from the print devices.

If it didn't help, then

3. Use the generic HPGL/2 driver. Not many people know that AutoCAD has built-in drivers for some HP printers. To install them in AutoCAD, enter the command PLOTTERMANAGER (_PLOTTERMANAGER) and run the utility Plotter Setup Wizard

From the list of available models, select the one that suits you best and install the driver

If this did not help, then it remains to accept the fact that you will never be able to "marry" your printer with AutoCAD and apply one of the alternative solutions that Autodesk advises in the mentioned document:

1. Print drawings from AutoCAD to PDF format, then print PDF files from the appropriate programs on your printer. This is a decision that lies on the surface and, I think, it is the most correct one.

2. Use AutoCAD 2014 to print. This is a very strange and wild solution, but to use DWG True View 2014 for printing seems very logical, especially since the DWG file format has not changed since AutoCAD 2013. You can download the desired version of DWG True View

You can produce from both paper space and model space. Consider the second case:

1. Call the print settings manager (Ctrl + P) or from the main menu select " Seal and expand additional information, if necessary. print options using the arrow in the lower right corner of the dialog box.

Figure 2. - Print settings manager in AutoCad

2. Let's produce preparation for printing. Choose a printer (plotter), sheet format. In area printing (what to print?) you need to install "Frame".

3. Select with a frame the area of ​​the model space that you want to print.

4. Next, we center the selected area on the sheet, fit it into the sheet, if necessary, change the orientation of the drawing (Portrait / landscape). We make additional settings in the parameters (take into account line weights) and styles (monochrome mode) printing.

Figure 3. - Setting print options

5. Click the "View" button in the lower left corner of the dialog box. If the type of image on the sheet meets your requirements, then feel free to print out.

Figure 3. - Printing a drawing

After selecting a print device, the window options Print - Model will change to display values ​​specific to the selected device, for example, as shown in fig. 14.7.

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Rice. 14.7 Dialog box Print >> Model with the options set for the selected printer

Listed Format select desired format paper (in the case of the author, this is A4, in your case it may be another size, such as A2). By clicking on the button Properties, you can open the window you already know Plotter Options Editor with the settings of the selected printer, from which, in particular, you can find out the size of the printed area (Fig. 13.8).

Advice. You can also find out the size of the printed area from the tooltip that appears if you stop the mouse pointer for 1-2 seconds on the presentation area of ​​the image of the printed sheet, as shown in Fig. 14.7.

Pay attention to the area Connection and checkbox Print to file Printer/Plotter group. In area Connection displays the port to which the printing device is connected - File, LPT, USB, or other. LPT and USB ports are the physical connectors most commonly used for modern printers. Regarding the "File" port as well as the checkbox Print to file, they allow you to "print" even if no printer is connected to the PC. We'll talk more about printing to a file at the end of the chapter.

The name of the parameter "Number of copies" speaks for itself - its value determines the number of copies of the printed drawing. Now pay attention to the group located above the Printer / Plotter group Sheet Options Set, which contains the drop-down list Name and button Add. Expanding the list Name, you can select either a named plot preset that you created earlier, or an element that corresponds to an unnamed plot preset automatically saved by AutoCAD since the drawing was last printed. In addition, from the list Name you can select an element Import to import a set of print options from another file (Fig. 14.8).

Rice. 14.8 Importing Page Setups Using the Import Page Setups Dialog Box

By clicking on the button Add, you can name the current set of print options without opening the Sheet Setup Manager. This name will be saved in the drawing file and will appear in the window. Sheet Setup Manager as the name of the corresponding set of print options, as if you had created it using the window Sheet Setup Manager. Since in our case the printout will come directly from the model sheet, leave it selected in the list for now. Name groups Sheet Options Set element.

In a group Print Scale below the group Printer/plotter, checked by default Fit. It is generally best to uncheck this box and set the drawing scale manually as AutoCAD is in Fit selects non-standard scale values ​​that are difficult to work with (for example, 1:57.91, as shown in Figure 14.7). So uncheck this box and choose from the list Scale scale is 1:10 if you will be printing on an A2 printer. If, following the example of the author, you have chosen an A4 printer, then enter the value 25 in the unit of drawing line. Value in the list Scale in this case will automatically change to User.

In order to see how the printed sheet will look with the selected parameters, you can click on the button View. However, first make sure that the group Drawing Orientation located in the lower right corner of the window Print - Model, radio button selected Book, corresponding to the leaf orientation in our case. Also, enter in the group Offset from start (start in printable area), whose parameters are located in the lower left corner of the window Print - Model, in rows X and Y the value is 0.0. The print settings by now should look like the one shown in fig. 14.9 (if you are setting up printing for an A4 printer).

Rice. 14.9 Page setup before print preview

By clicking on the button View, you will enter the preview mode, the results of which, most likely, will puzzle you (Fig. 14.10).

Rice. 14.10 Preview gives unexpected result

Click the button Close View Window, which is located on the toolbar of the preview window, or simply press Esc or Enter to return to the dialog box Print - Model and take a look at the list What to print groups Printable area(Fig. 14.11).

Rice. 14.11 List What to print groups Printable area

The value selected in this list is used together with the values ​​of the Offset from start group parameters as follows. If the checkbox Center is set, the drawing is always centered on the sheet, and the values ​​for the X and Y parameters are determined automatically. If this checkbox is cleared, then the values ​​of the X and Y parameters determine the location of the drawing relative to the reference point of the printed area, which the printer considers as a point with coordinates (0,0) when positioning the image on the printed sheet. At positive values X moves the drawing to the right, while positive Y values ​​move it up.

Note. If portrait paper orientation is selected in the printer properties, the reference point will be in the lower left corner of the printed sheet, and if landscape orientation, then in the upper left corner with a corresponding change in the interpretation of the X and Y coordinates. This is because before printing in landscape orientation, the drawing will be rotated to 90º.

Thus, to fix the problem shown in Fig. 14.10, just check the box Center or enter -130 and 20 as the X and Y offset parameters, respectively.

However, it is best to choose from the list What to print that mode of interpretation of the model sheet, which is optimal for the task before you. The default mode is Screen, which is interpreted by AutoCAD as a command to print the current contents of the drawing area. In this case, the lower left corner of the drawing area is placed at the reference point of the printed sheet. Compare fig. 14.10 with fig. 14.1 and you will understand why when printing in mode Screen with X and Y offsets set to zero, we get the result shown in fig. 14.10.

If you select the mode Frame, AutoCAD will temporarily close the window Print - Model and prompts you to specify a rectangular area whose contents you want to print. After setting such an area, you will return to the window again. Print - Model. For example, if you specify a rectangular area inside which there is a large pedestal in the drawing of the main view, then by checking the box Fit groups Print Scale and clicking on the button View, you can get the result shown in Fig. 14.12.

Rice. 14.12 Print sheet preview with drawing fragment

If you select the mode Limits and click on the button View, you will see that in this mode, the anchor point places the lower left corner of the drawing boundaries, which, as you remember, can be rendered using a grid. In practice, this mode is rarely used, because as the drawing becomes more complex, you are unlikely to remember the need to constantly monitor that the boundaries of the drawing correspond to its real state.

So choose from the list Printable area mode Borders and click on the button View. If you have entered Preview mode while setting up the A2 printer when printing at 1:10 scale, you will see a near-perfect image of the printed sheet. In the case of setting up printing on an A4 printer with a scale of 1:25, the result is somewhat worse, but still quite acceptable (Fig. 14.13).

Rice. 14.13 Previewing a printed sheet, taking into account the size of all objects displayed on it

You can improve the appearance of the printed sheet by varying the values ​​​​of the parameters discussed above, taking into account the features of the printer at your disposal.

Now take a look at the drop down box which is in the group Plot style table located in the upper right corner of the window Print - Model.

If you are going to print on a black and white printer, then it is best to select the monochrome.ctb print style sheet from this list, because otherwise the colored lines may be represented as grayscale in black and white printing, which is far from always convenient (some lines can become hard to see).

Leave the parameters of the other groups as shown in Fig. 14.9 - these values ​​\u200b\u200bare likely to suit you at first.

Finally, click on the button Add groups Sheet Options Set and assign in the window that appears Adding sheet presets some name for the current page setup, such as Work141-A4. Click the button OK window Adding sheet presets to create a named set of page options, and then on the button Apply to Sheet window Print - Model to assign this set to a sheet Model. Then press Esc or click on the button Cancel window Print - Model to cancel printing.