Prints the active document.
Grid lines in drawings are printed no closer than 5 mm to each other, as measured on the paper.
To print the active document, click Print (Standard toolbar) or , select from the options described below, then click OK.
Document Printer
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Name |
Specifies the printer. The system provides read-only information about the printer's status, type, and location.
If the printer type uses a vector-only print driver such as a pen plotter, the output does not contain raster output such as shared views, draft quality views, SpeedPak views, or bitmaps.
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Properties |
Sets options that are specific to the selected printer. |
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Page Setup |
Specifies page setup options and advanced printer options such as scale, orientation, and resolution. |
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Preview |
Previews the image of the active document before you send it to the printer. |
System options
You can set margins for the printed document. These settings are saved for all SolidWorks documents.
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Margins |
Use the following options in the Margins dialog box to specify custom margin values or to use the printer's default margin values:- Top, Bottom, Left, Right
- Specifies values for the top, bottom, left, and right margins for the document. Clear Use printer's margins to use these options
- Use printer's margins
- When Use printer's margins is selected, the document prints with the printer's default margin values. If you have modified the values in the Margins dialog box, select this check box to view the printer's default margin values.
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Print Range
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All sheets (Drawings only) |
Prints all sheets of a drawing document. |
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Current sheet (Drawings only) |
Prints the current drawing sheet. |
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Current screen image |
Prints the image on the screen. |
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Selection (Drawings only) |
Prints a selected area of a drawing sheet at a scale you specify. |
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Sheets (Drawings only) |
Prints drawing sheets you enter. Separate sheets numbers by commas, or use a dash - to indicate a range. |
Options
Select from the following options. The last set state is remembered on subsequent prints during the current SolidWorks session only.
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Number of copies |
Sets the number of copies to print. |
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Print background |
Prints the window background, in addition to the model or drawing. |
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Print to file |
Prints to a file instead of the printer. Type a name for the file in the Print to File dialog box. |
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Convert draft quality drawing views to high quality (Drawings only) |
Converts the current draft quality view into high quality for printing purposes only. |
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Print crosshatch on out-of-date views |
Specifies what happens when you Print (or Print Preview) a drawing that contains out-of-date views, with Allow auto-update when opening drawings cleared in System Options - Drawings. (If Allow auto-update when opening drawings is selected, the views update automatically, and the crosshatch is removed whenever you print the drawing.) |
3D Printing
Prints to a 3D rapid prototype printer (Drawings only). A 3D printer and printer driver must be available.