Printing Drawings
You can print or plot an entire drawing sheet, or just a selected area
of the sheet. You have the option to print in black and white (the default)
or in color. You can specify different settings for individual drawing
sheets.
For basic information about printing and plotting any SolidWorks document,
see Print.
To specify settings for individual drawing sheets:
Click File,
Page Setup.
Select
Set each drawing sheet individually.
Select
a sheet in Settings for, and choose
settings for the sheet.
Repeat step 3 for each sheet, and click OK.
To print a drawing in color:
Click File, Page Setup. Under Drawing
Color, select one of the following, then click OK:
Automatic.
Sends color information if the printer or plotter driver reports that
it is capable of printing color. Otherwise, the document is printed in
black and white.
Color / Gray
scale. Sends color data to the printer or plotter regardless of
the capabilities that the printer or plotter driver reports. Black and
white printers generally print colored entities in gray scale or dithered
with this option. Use this option where a color printer or plotter prints
in black and white with the Automatic
setting.
Black and white.
Sends all entities to the printer or plotter in black and white regardless
of the printer or plotter color capabilities.
Click File, Print. In the dialog box, under Document Printer, select a printer in
Name.
Click Properties,
verify that any options required for color printing are specified appropriately,
then click OK. (The options vary
for different printers.)
Click OK.
To print the whole drawing sheet:
Click File, Print. In the dialog box, under Print range, select All
sheets, Current sheet,
or Sheets and enter the sheets
to print.
Under Document Printer, click Page
Setup.
In the
Page Setup dialog box, under Resolution and Scale, select Scale
to fit to print the entire sheet on the page, or select Scale
and type a value.
Click OK.
Click OK again to print the document.
Related Topics
Printing
From a Zoomed Selection
Printing
Selected Drawing Sheets