
Lets move further now and we will see 3 buttons at bottom side of Print db.Īs name suggest this button opens a db for Additional Print options.

If your print output is not ok or out of paper size then a red rectangle preview will be seen as below: Letter ‘A’ denotes printing geometry orientation. If your printing output is withing paper size then a Geen rectangle will be seen in Print preview.

Each time when you change any setting or option then Preview field on Print db changes in real time. Till now we have seen basic print dialog box settings and options.
#SOLIDWORKS 2005 PRINT DRAWINGS TO MULTIPLE PAGES PDF#
You can select this check box if you want to have single PDF document with one sheet per page else it will create multiple pdf documents depending upon number of Sheers in your drawing. If you have selected printer as PDF in Print Configuration & assigned it to multiple sheets then when you click on multiple sheets or click on check box ‘Select all’ and then Checkbox for ‘Create a single PDF document with one sheet per page’ will be active. On ‘Select Sheets’ db if your drawing have any print configuration then you can select from here. When you click on check box ‘Print selected Sheets’ then a ‘Select Sheet’ db pop up alternatively you can select ‘Select Sheets…’ button also. You can select check box for ‘Print to file’ for one print for multiple prints select number of copies. In this section number of copies field is grayed out for model area and is only active in Sheet area. If you want to print on Center of paper then choose this checkbox in Print offset section or you can offset print in X and Y direction. You can also Print inversely by selecting Check box for ‘Print inverse’ These radio buttons will rotate Print geometry on paper. If you have created any Named Views from command: VIEWS then this radio button for ‘Named view’ will be active and you can select that named view for Print Range. In Sheet Instead of Drawing boundary you have Sheet radio button to select sheet area as print range. When you are in Sheet area and open Print db then Print range options differ as below: Select Print only within specified window if you want to cut entities at the boundaries of the specified print range on the printout regardless of whether there is remaining space on the output sheet. If you want to print to current visible view in Model/Sheet then choose radio button ‘Current View’ If you have defined Drawing Boundry then you can Select radio button for ‘Drawing Boundry’ If you want to Print All Geometry then select radio button for All gometry. With Print Range you can set printing area for your Print. If you want to set Fit to paper size then click on Check box for ‘Fit to paper size’ in Print Scale section.Īlternatively you can change scale from Scale Drop down list or change scale units to user defined scale. We can Scale Paper Size from Print Scale section on Print db as below. You can also Change Paper size from below drop down list. Whatever Size you select from above that size will be set in Paper Size field as Below. You can choose any Size, Add or Remove any Sizes from Here. PDF have Standard Sizes and Custom Sizes. Let’s say we select PDF now we can Change PDF printer Properties from ‘Properties…’ button.

If you have installed any printer and set it to default printer then it will show in Name field default printer. When you open Name drop down list then, You will see all all Installed and Built In Printers List. You see information about Printer/ Plotter Name, Printer details, Location and Notes if any. This print db contains lots of Settings and Options we will see all Settings and Options one by one. When you run Print Command You will see following dialog box in DraftSight Click on Print button on Standard Toolbar Print Command: Type PRINT in Command Line.ģ. Remember Print in Model and Print in Sheet are slightly different.ġ. You can run Print Command in followings ways. Here, We will discuss about basic Print Functionality.
