A2 Plotting

[stanfox]

Hey im trying to plot off A2 drawings on a 600 wide roll, whats the best way to set the page setup so it plots off sideways to use the minimal amount of paper?

Cheers

[Anonymous]

Most plotters have an auto-rotate feature. others work by simply picking the
correct orientation of paper size.

You offer no insight to your device or driver.

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Dean Saadallah
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[stanfox]

Thanks,
Its a HP Designjet T610
When i try and get it to rotate it either dosnt plot off in the center or the plotter dosnt trim it off at the border.

[hwalker]

Change it to landscape in page setup

[Anonymous]

is your plot dialog box fully opened out?
there is an arrow bottom right of it.
the portrait / landscape buttons are there.

[Anonymous]

Set the plotter driver to "autorotate" and you don't have to make any
changes in AutoCAD's plot dialog box other than choose A2 paper or more
commonly Oversize A2.

[schweitzert]

Simon;
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!!!
I was all set to create new Page Setups just to choose penplots and orientation!
I feel like such an ass that I missed the little "expand" arrow.
I couldn't believe AutoCAD would take such a giant step backward with the 2010 version.
(I'm actually moving up from LT97 (!), though I did have access for a while to AutoCAD 2007.)
Thanks again.
TomS

[Charles_Shade]

LT97? Plotting is one of those things that Autodesk kept adding "features" to over the years which made it seem overly complicated.
Sometimes its just better to start from scratch. Personally I think it's easier now (LT2008) then it has been in a long time or it could be I'm just understanding its foibles.
Maybe the Tax code could use a restart...
Regards, Charles Shade