Make sure the Plot Scale is set to 1 mm = 1 unit.Set the Paper Size to the desired format A3 in this example.Select the Adobe PDF plotter (or other printer that suits your specific goal).In this example we're creating an A3 Layout to be printed to PDF using the Adobe PDF Plotter. Here you can set paper sizes, the type of printer that will be used, etc. First you have to setup your paper:Ĭlick right on the Layout tab and choose Page Setup Manager.:ĪutoCAD selects the active Layout by default, so you can proceed by clicking Modify for the selected Layout. Switch to the Layout 1 tab which should be present by default in new drawings:īy default, AutoCAD creates a white sheet with one viewport that displays the contents of your model space. As the name suggests, these are to create layouts intended for plotting (printing) your drawings on paper. These display the contents of a Layout, also referred to as Paper Space. Please make sure you're drawing and units are set up correctly!ĭrawings are constructed in Model Space, visible in the Model tab in AutoCAD.
This tutorial assumes that you're drawing is set up in millimeters (in model space, 1 unit represents 1 mm).