Inside AutoCAD® 2002

Creating Page Setups

Page setups were a new feature introduced in AutoCAD 2000, and provide the ability to control certain paper and plotter configuration information. Page setups work similarly to PC2 files in that they allow you to store certain plot settings and restore them when needed. Plot settings such as plot device, paper size, scale factor, and plot orientation may be saved, as well as a plot style table that contains plot styles used in the current drawing.

What makes page setups especially powerful is the ability to assign different page setups to the Model and Layout tabs in your drawing. Consequently, a single drawing can have numerous page setups, with a particular page setup recalled and assigned to the current Model or Layout ...