Using Options dialog box for printing in CADopia

In CADopia using the Options dialog box, you can specify the default settings that you want the program to use. You can also use the Options dialog box for printing purposes.

Before you print, you can set up many aspects of printing. The following print settings are set globally for all drawings:

• Specify paper size and orientation.
• Select and configure a printer or plotting device.
• Specify the view and scale of a printed drawing, including which portion of a drawing to print, the print scale, and the origin of the print area.
• Use print tables to control color, pen width, virtual pen width, linetype, and lineweight.
• Choose whether to print and scale lineweights.
• Open printer configuration (PCP) files; create and save PCP files.

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Automating with AutoLISP in CADopia

In this article, we'll show you how to write a useful daily tool for Architects and Civil Engineers and then we'll discuss how to use the program in CADopia.

Creating an I-section program

Let's create an AutoLISP program that draws an I-section. The program will prompt the user for the "Height of the I-section", "Width of the I-section", "Width Thickness", "I- thickness" and the "Insertion point" of the I-section. The program will then calculate the coordinates of the other corners of the I-section, based on the user's input.

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