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Exporting Layout Files

Pages specified as Page Templates do not When a view is sent to layout at a scale other
print unless the template is the current page than that used by the original view, line
and you specifically choose the Current weights may be affected. See “Line Weights
Page Print Range option. See Print View and Scaling” on page 1332.
Dialog.
Printing Services
Printing to Scale
If you plan to use a printing service, you may
A layout file’s drawing scale is specified in want to install a PDF writer. See “Printing to
the Drawing Sheet Setup dialog. While you a PDF File” on page 1331.
can specify any drawing scale that you wish, You can also print to file using the driver for
in nearly all circumstances, you will want the the printer that the service will use. See
scale to be 1 in = 1 in or 1 mm = 1 mm for “Printing to File” on page 1321.
all layout files.
Find out what paper size the print service
The views sent to your layout pages have uses and select it in the Drawing Sheet
already been assigned a scale, and if you Setup dialog. See “Drawing Sheet Setup
select a scale other than one to one for the Dialog” on page 1324.
layout, these views will be scaled a second
time when printed.
Check Plots

Layout views will print at their specified When a large drawing sheet size has been
scales only when the drawing scale for specified, you can print a check plot at a
the layout file is 1 in = 1 in or 1 mm = 1 mm. reduced scale so that it can be printed on a
smaller printer. This allows you to make final
To see or change the current scale of a layout checks before printing to the larger size. See
view, select the view and click the Rescale “Check Plots” on page 1329.
Layout View edit button. See “Rescaling
Views” on page 1299.

Exporting Layout Files

Layout pages can be exported to .dxf/ would be scaled to 1” inch when printed, it is
.dwg files much like any other vector- exported as a 1” line instead of its length
based view. before prior to scaling. See “Exporting 2D
DXF/DWG Files” on page 1184.
The main difference is in the scale of the
output, which is in scaled paper units rather
than model units. If a 50” line in a plan

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