Display full version of the post: PLOT STYLE HELP FOR THE OCE 9400

SGT_ADDYJP
17.09.2008, 20:30

THANK YOU FOR READING. I'M NOT NEW TO AUTOCAD BY ANY
MEANS I STARTED OUT ON AUTOCAD 10 AND NOW I'M WORKING ON ARCHITECTURE
2008. BUT MY QUESTION IS I NEED HELP SETTING UP PLOT STYLE. I HAVE
NEVER HAD TO DO IT BEFORE NOW. EVERY WHERE I HAVE WORK HAVE ALWAYS HAD
THAT ALREADY SET UP. I WORK FOR A SMALL ARCHITECTURE FIRM. I'M
PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY ONE THAT DOES THE AUTOCAD WORK. WE HAVE A OCE 9400
PLOTTER. WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS SET UP A PLOT STYLE FOR MY MASTER SET
THAT I START ALL MY DRAWINGS WITH. I'M HAVING TROUBLE TEACHING MYSELF
HOW TO USE THAT. I'VE TAUGHT MYSELF PAPER SPACE MODEL SPACE AND XREF
FOR THE MOST PART BUT I CAN'T SEEM TO FIGURE THIS OUT. IF ANYONE CAN
GIVE ME SOME DIRECTION OR KNOW OF A PDF FILE I CAN DOWNLOAD THAT COULD
WALK ME THRU THIS. PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU......IT JUST STARTED DOING IT ON THIS DRAWING I
HAVE JUST STARTED 2 DAYS AGO. NORMALLY I USE THE "D.A.C.H. MONOCHROME
SCALE 1-100" AND I HAVE MY LAYERS ALREADY MADE UP FOR THAT ONE ALONG
WITH THE COLORS ON LAYERS I USE. AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT I DID. I
JUST WENT INTO ANOTHER DRAWING THAT EVERYTHING WAS WORKING RIGHT IN. I
WENT TO MY BASE PLAN AND THE "D.A.C.H. MONOCHROME SCALE 1-100 " WASN'T
THERE. WELL I WENT INTO MY A2.2 SHEET WITH THE TITLE BLOCK XREF INTO IT
IN PAPER SPACE AND THE "D.A.C.H. MONOCHROME SCALE 1-100 " WAS THERE.
WHERE SHOULD THAT PLOT STYLE BE LOCATED AT. SHOULD IT BE LOCATED IN THE
TITLE BLOCK OR IN THE MODEL SPACE OF THE DRAWING. I'M JUST CONFUSED.

PepaR
20.09.2008, 10:50
Look into the help for keyword: print, plot styles.
 
I recommend set up plot styles by colors. It's simpliest way for print in big company.

SGT_ADDYJP
22.09.2008, 17:44
I HAVE BEEN THRU THE HELP AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT......AND I'M ABOUT THE ONLY ONE THAT DOES THE AUTOCAD WORK IN MY OFFICE.