Paper space gives you many additional options in AutoCAD for controlling the look of the output without having to modify the underlying geometry.

If you choose to display the Model and Layout tabs, you simply click the appropriate tab to select one.

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If you have hidden the Model and Layout tabs, use the Model and Layout buttons, plus Quick View Layouts, on the status bar.

In addition, select the Scale Lineweights check box to reduce lineweights proportionally.

Use the Page Setup dialog box to modify the layout settings, or copy the layout and modify the new copy.

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If this is the case, all the other style settings are ignored and only the virtual pen is used.

Color-dependent plot styles control printing parameters through color.

Identified by their.ctb file extension, color-dependent plot-style tables map each of the 255 index colors.

Plot style names in color-dependent plot style tables are tied to object color and cannot be changed.

You must specify the overrides you want to apply after you create the new plot style.

You cannot add a new plot style to a color-dependent plot style table; a color-dependent plot style table has 255 plot styles mapped to color.

You also cannot add a plot style to a named plot style table that has a translation table.

You cannot delete a plot style from a named plot style table that has a translation table, or from a color-dependent plot style table.

The default setting for plot style color is Use Object Color.

If you assign a plot style color, the color overrides the objects color at plot time.

If the plot device does not support the color you specify, it plots the nearest available color or, in the case of monochrome devices, black.

If the plotter does not support dithering, the dithering setting is ignored.

When you turn off dithering, the program maps colors to the nearest color, resulting in a smaller range of colors when plotting.

If you clear Convert to Grayscale, the RGB values are used for object colors.

Dithering is available whether you use the objects color or assign a plot style color.

If you assign a plot style linetype, the linetype overrides the objects linetype at plot time.

Turn on Adaptive if complete linetype patterns are more important than correct linetype scaling.

You can specify the numeric value of each lineweight in millimeters.

If the lineweight you need does not exist in the list of lineweights stored in the plot style table, you can edit an existing lineweight.

You cannot add or delete lineweights from the list in the plot style table.

If plot style color is set to Use Object Color, or you are editing a plot style in a color-dependent plot style table, the value is set to Automatic.

The program determines the pen of the closest color to the object you are plotting using the information specified as part of the plotter.

Many non-pen plotters can simulate pen plotters using virtual pens.

For many devices, you can program the pens width, fill pattern, end style, join style, and colorscreening from the front panel on the plotter.

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