Setting Up PageLayouts

Use the Page Layout dialog box to configure and edit a new or existing PageLayout. The dialog box is invoked from the Page Layout Manager.

To display the Pagelayout properties:

1. Bottom-left corner: click .
2. In the Sheets Manager, select Model or the name of the Sheet for which you want to display the PageLayout properties and click Options.
3. Click Settings.
4. In the Page Layout Manager dialog box, select a PageLayout and click Settings .

The dialog box is the same as used by the Print command, but with the Page Layout options section disabled. This section is meaningless for PageLayout configurations.

To set up PageLayouts:

1. In the Page Layout dialog box, under Paper & Scale, do the settings:
   • Paper orientation:
     • Portrait or Landscape format.
     • Inverse. Specifies the output direction.
   • Paper. Displays the paper size from the international standardized paper size formats and printer-specific paper formats.
   • Scale. Set the output scale.
     1. Select one of the following options:
        • Select Fit to paper size to apply no specific scaling. This option is available only if the Model tab is active.
        • Clear Fit to paper size, then select a scale from the Scale list.
        • Clear Fit to paper size, select User-defined from the Scale list, and set the ratio between paper units (in Millimeters or Inches) to drawing units.
     2. Select or clear Scale LineWeights. This option is available only if a Sheet tab is active.
2. Under Range, set the area to print.
   1. Select one of the following options:
      • All geometry. Prints the range that is determined by the bounding box of all visible entities.
      • Drawing boundary (available only when the Model tab is active). Prints the range that is determined by the drawing boundaries.
      • Drawing boundary (available only when the Model tab is active). Prints the range that is determined by the drawing boundaries.
      • Sheet (available only when a Sheet tab is active). Prints the range that is determined by the Sheet size definition.
      • Named view. Prints the view you select. This option is available only if named views exist in the drawing.
      • Specify. Click Specify Window to select two opposite points for the print boundaries in the graphics area.
      • Current view. Prints the drawing that is visible on screen.
   2. Select Print only within specified window to cut entities at the boundaries of the specified print range on the printout regardless of whether there is remaining space on the output sheet.
3. Under Offset, select Print on center of paper to adjust the output with equal margins at the top, bottom, left, and right. Otherwise, set the X and Y margins.

   Note: The option Print on center of paper is not available if a Sheet tab is active. Adjust the X and Y margins of the printout as needed.

4. Optionally, use the following:
   • Additional Options. Specifies advanced printing preferences (see below).
   • Print Preview. Lets you see how the output will look with the current settings. Opens the Print Preview dialog box.
5. Click Save to save the layout settings.