To set up a sheet, Right Click on "Sheets" in the Design Browser and select "New Sheet". A prompt will come up asking you to select a titleblock. There may only be one option here, depending on if you have loaded different titleblocks. If you have not loaded any, click "Load", go to the Imperial Library, Select File "Titleblocks", Select the sheets you need and hit open. It will go back to the original prompt, select the one you want, click open.
Now, a new sheet is open. To place a drawing on the sheet, simply click a view, drag, and drop the drawing onto the sheet. The scale will be whatever you set it at in the drawing view. No LTSCALE involved! Isn't that lovely?
Printing from a sheet is an easy process as well, with a couple little rules. The process starts out simple enough. Click File, click Print, Select your printer. Under "Print Range" check "Selected Views/Sheets" and hit the "Select" button underneath. This will open a prompt that will let you select the Views/Sheets you would like to print.
Finally, under "Settings" hit "Setup". Here's where some very important rules come in.
1) Make sure you select the select the correct sheet size. (If you choose an 11x17 titleblock, then you want to print on 11x17 paper).
2) ALWAYS CHECK ZOOM 100% WHEN PRINTING FROM A SHEET
(Sorry to be in all caps, but I can't stress this enough)
Do not select "Fit to Page" when printing from a sheet. It will screw up your scale. Always double check because it often doesn't change the scale that much, and you don't want to realize this too late.
Say you don't want to print from a sheet, well, you can follow basically the same process. In a View, select "File", Select "Print". If you check "Current View" under "Print Range" you'll print the view you have open. Also, checking Zoom 100% will print your drawing to scale, checking Fit to Page means it will not be to scale.
Zoom 100% = Scale
Fit to Page = Not to Scale
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