AutoCAD: Plotting & Publishing

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Free Online Course: AutoCAD: Plotting & Publishing provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 2-3 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. AutoCAD: Plotting & Publishing is taught by Shaun Bryant.

Overview
  • Learn how to plot (aka print) and publish drawings electronically in AutoCAD. Find out how to scale views, create page setups, assign plot styles, and more.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome
    • Using the exercise files
    • What you should know before watching this course
    • The new AutoCAD 2019 interface
    1. Introduction to Plotting and Publishing
    • Printing and plotting
    • Scaling
    2. Modelspace & Paperspace
    • The Model tab
    • The Layout tab
    • Setting your limits
    • Working with modelspace and paperspace
    3. Page Setup Manager
    • Creating a page setup
    • Model tab: Page setup
    • Layout tab: Page setup
    • Modifying page setups
    • Importing page setups
    4. Viewports
    • Viewports: Model
    • Viewports: Layout
    • Polygonal viewports
    • Clipping viewports
    • Making viewports from objects
    5. Plotting to Scale
    • Viewport scale and annotation scale
    • Annotative scaling
    • Adding an annotative scale
    6. Quick View and Drawing Tabs
    • Drawing tabs
    • Quick View layouts
    • Plotting and publishing from Quick View
    7. Plotting Styles & Setting Up
    • Color dependent plot style (CTB)
    • Named plot style (STB)
    • Changing plot styles
    • Configuring a plotter
    8. Plotting Electronically
    • Plotting to DWF, DWFx, and PDF
    • DWF Writer
    • Autodesk Design Review
    • Markup Set Manager
    • Autodesk A360 Drive
    • Viewing PDF files
    9. Publishing Your Drawings
    • The Publish dialog box
    • Renaming and removing sheets
    • Plot stamps
    • Saving your sheet lists
    • Publishing your sheet list
    10. Using DWG Compare (AutoCAD 2019 Only)
    • The DWG compare command
    • Generating a comparison drawing
    • Plotting the comparison drawing
    Conclusion
    • Next steps