#HOW TO SET UP A PLOT PROFILE FOR AUTOCAD 2014 HOW TO#
#HOW TO SET UP A PLOT PROFILE FOR AUTOCAD 2014 WINDOWS#

Whether you know the latitude and longitude or just want to use a map to set the location, select From Map and then click Yes when it asks if you want to use live map data. It’s easy! To set a geographic location in your drawing, use the Insert ribbon tab and select the Set Location tool.

Import raster files that contain geographic location information and expect them to position themselves automatically (using the Raster Design toolset).

Export your drawings to use in the Map 3D toolset, and expect the model to position itself automatically (or auto magically).

Use position markers to mark geographic locations and record related notes.

Make the program automatically determine the angle of sunlight when you perform sun and sky simulation (photometric studies).

There are a bunch of reasons to add a geographic location to your drawing.

That being said, there’s a decent chance the drawing might be of a structure that will be located on an island! Yep, let’s talk about the benefits of setting a geographic location in AutoCAD. Architecture, Engineering and Construction.Architecture, Engineering & Construction.

This will import the user defined page setup into your current file. Enter file name: Enter user defined page setup to import or : If you enter ‘-psetupin’ at the Command prompt, the following prompts are displayed. You will also find the ‘Import’ page setups option under the ‘Page Setup’ drop down in the Publish Command.įinally, you can use a script or macro to import your Page Setups by using the command line version of the Page Setup command Importing Page Setups during the ‘Publish’ Command You can also find the ‘Import’ Page Setups option in the Page Setup Manager dialog.

Importing page Setups Via the Page Setup Manager You can now pick on the required Page Setup from the ‘Page Setup’ drop down.

#HOW TO SET UP A PLOT PROFILE FOR AUTOCAD 2014 WINDOWS#

Use the windows CTRL+Click and SHIFT+Click options to select which Page setups you want to Import and then click on the ‘OK’ Button – easy! You will see a list of all the available Page Setups you can Import. The ‘Import Page Setups’ Dialogue will open. Browse to the template file you want to import Page setups from, select the DWG, DWT or DXF file and click on ‘Open’. The ‘Select Page Setup from file’ dialog will open. Simply fire up the plot dialogue in your usual way, and from the ‘Page Setup’ drop down – pick ‘Import…’. Importing Page Setups via the Plot DialogueĪ quick and easy way to import Page setups is via the Plot dialogue.

You will probably have saved these page setups in your template file, and placed the template file on the server for everyone to use.īut what if a Designer, Consultant, Subcontractor or Freelance drafter sends you a drawing that d oesn’t have your Page setups in it? The good news is that importing and exporting Page setups is really very easy. If you have followed the steps I outlined in my Introduction to AutoCAD Page Set ups, then you will have created a number of Page setups for your standard plots (i.e, A0, A1, Reduced to fit A3 e.t.c).

#HOW TO SET UP A PLOT PROFILE FOR AUTOCAD 2014 HOW TO#

In this post I will show you how to re-reuse your company standard AutoCAD page setups, even when plotting other peoples drawings! Did you know there is any easy way to Import your AutoCAD page setups to your current drawing?

How to set up a plot profile for autocad 2014