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hi welcome to a new video on Autocad Macros for Automatic Drawings
today I'll share with you how to do automatic page setup in layout in AutoCAD
but first let's briefly explain
what page setup are and how do they work and also why do you need it.
so as you can see, this is page setup manager. here, you're gonna set up all the printing settings
for your specific drawing, so you will need this to do plot preview in Autocad.
as you can see, this is, this has the correct, the incorrect page setup
and also you will need it to do a batch plot or publish in Autocad.
this is where you print multiple drawings at once. so to access or start working in page setup
you click on the Layout tab and choose page setup manager.
here, you gonna modify your page setup by clicking modify tab and choose the correct settings
for your specific drawing. in this case, I'm gonna do a PDF
and the paper size is going to be 24 by 36, choose extent, and always Center the plot
scale line weights, sorry and that's my plot style, pick the following settings,
and scale line weights always. I want to make sure this is correct
I'll do a preview and as you can see the preview looks correct. I'll click OK
as you can see I modified the plot or page setup for this drawing now if I do plot preview
this will look correct, as it's supposed to look. so now that you understand
how Autocad page setup works. I'm gonna undo and show you how to do
page set up automatically in a layout in AutoCAD using the lazy page setup command
you click on it and as you can see my page setup was automatically done
and as you can see if I type f2 you can see all the steps that we did
with a single click
so to do this command, let's type cui and press enter, herem you're gonna create
a brand new AutoCAD command. so click the start icon to create a new command,
then choose the name for your new command. try to be a specific here as you might want
to create two or three page setups that you normally use. so I'll type in 24 by 36
for my sheet size and this is going to be a PDF. on the macro section
type in the following macro. but wait don't panic, I'll simplify this for you!
so what about this? better now? so here you're gonna type in your printer or plotter,
your paper size, and the plot style name, your drawing orientation if
it's landscape or portrait, your paper units if it's inches or millimeters.
to make your life easier, I'll post this code on one of my social media platforms
so you can easily copy and paste and create your new command. however I won't tell you
in which one because you are following all of them, correct?
the last step is to create a new icon for your new command. so simply click your new command
and choose one of the icons available in AutoCAD. then click Edit,
then choose the color for your new, and choose the color you wanna use.
finally, hold left click on the mouse and start drawing the correct size for your page setup sheet.
save the image, and choose a name for it.
finally, click OK and close
now, you need to left-click on your mouse and drag your new command to your quick access panel
so you have it available anytime
finally, click apply and ok. so now to test your new command undo
and click your new lazy page setup command.
awesome! and this is the benefit of using automatic page setup command in AutoCAD.
you can do page setup in all of your drawings with a single click.
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