Print Management
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Menu: Electrical project
> Print
Dockable panel > Contextual menu of electrical project: Print
Dockable panel > Contextual menu of book: Print |
When you run this command from the contextual menu of the book, only
the drawings of that book are selected for printing.
An option dialog box opens asking
you if you want to update the report and terminal strip drawings (according
to the electrical
project configuration settings).
Update
drawings: All the reports, design rules, and terminal strip drawings
are updated before running the command.
Continue
action without updating: Report, design rule and terminal strip
drawings are not updated and the command runs.
Cancel:
The command stops and drawings are not updated.
Print settings can be saved to a configuration file for future use.
You can create as many configuration files as you like.
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Print preview: Opens
a print preview window for the selected drawing. |
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Remove from selection:
Removes the selected drawings from the selection. |
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Print several configurations:
Prints drawings using several different configurations. |
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List mode: Displays
a list of drawings. |
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Thumbnail mode:
Displays thumbnail previews for the drawings. |
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Configuration: Manages
display settings for items in the dialog box. |
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Drawing
style: Allows you to change the settings of texts and color
objects. If you did not affect a Drawing
style configuration file to the electrical project, a message
informs you. |
Print configuration
Allows you to select a previously created print configuration file to
load preferred print settings. Click [...]
to access the Print configuration management.
Page settings
Name: Select the printer you
want to use. Click the Properties
button if you want to access to the Windows printer parameters.
Paper format: In the list, select
the pre-defined paper format managed by the printer.
Source: In the list, select
the paper source to use.
Orientation
Portrait/Landscape: Select the
page orientation.
Plot with symmetry: Check the
box if you want to print the graphical entities with symmetry.
Drawings
All/Selection: Allows you to
define if you want to print all the drawings of the electrical project
or a selection. In this case, click [...]
to select the drawings.
Invert print order: Check this
option to print the drawings from the last to first.
Scale
In the list, select a pre-defined scale ratio or enter a specific ratio
(Unit printed = Drawing unit).
When you select a predefined ratio, two fields display the printed and
drawing units. The setting Fit to format
scales the graphical entities to fit into the selected paper size.
Copies
Number of copies: Defines the
number of copies to be printed.
Collate: This option, available
if you select more than one copy, allows you to assemble the printed drawings.
Plot area
Defines the drawing area to print.
All geometry: Area defined by
the bounding box of all visible entities.
Drawing boundary: Area defined
by the grid zone in drawing parameters.
Current view: Area visible on
the screen or the current view when drawing is saved.
Plot with style
Each screen color used on the graphical entities corresponds to a color
and a thickness on the paper. If you do not use a Plot
style table, the screen colors and line thickness will be the same
on the paper.
You can define a personal correspondence using plot
style tables.
In the list, select the plot style table you want to use.
You can edit the plot style table selected by clicking Modify
plot style table file. A dialog box opens in which you can associate
each screen color with a printed color and thickness.
In the plot style table list, if you select None,
you can check the box Plot with line
thickness, where the colors and line thicknesses will be the same
on the screen and on the paper.
If you have several different configurations
for printing drawings, select the configuration file from the list. Next,
select the drawings to print with this configuration. Repeat this operation
as needed with other configuration files. Click the Print
several configurations icon and check the configurations you want
to print with.