Before printing a nailboard / cable drawing, make sure that it contains a plot frame. If this is not the case, select the Insert > Plot frame menu items.
The following plot frame properties are available in the General section of the properties panel:
Property |
Description |
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Name |
Name of the plot frame. |
Selectable |
If activated, the plot frame is selectable in the nailboard / cable drawing window. |
Margins |
Determines the margins of the plot frame (paper). |
Multipage |
If activated, columns and rows are displayed. Each cell of the table represents one page. |
Multipage columns / Multipage rows |
Number of columns / rows of the multipage. |
Print scale |
Scale of the plot frame. |
Show page numbering |
If activated, page numbers are printed. |
Align page numbering |
Alignment of page numbers. |
Show print scale |
If activated, the print scale is printed. |
Scale alignment |
Alignment of the print scale. |
The following plot frame properties are available in the Print section of the properties panel:
Property |
Description |
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Printer |
Drop-down list for printer selection. |
Printer properties |
Clicking this button opens the Printer properties dialog. Note: This dialog window is dependant on the particular driver a printer is using. It may look different for different printers. |
Landscape / Portrait |
Determines Landscape or Portrait format. |
Paper size |
Drop-down list for paper size selection available for the selected printer. Available paper sizes depend on the selected printer. If a user-defined paper size has been created for the printer, it is also available here. |
Plot frame > [Print] |
Directly prints out the nailboard / cable drawing. |
Paper size and landscape / portrait orientation are transferred to the Printer properties dialog and vice versa. If you determine paper size and orientation in the Printer properties dialog, these properties are transferred back to Harness ProD and to the plot frame. All the properties set in the Printer properties dialog, even though they may not be available in the plot frame, are saved to the plot frame.
Not all printers support an arbitrary user-defined paper size, therefore it must be defined in the Printer properties dialog. If the paper size defined in the plot frame is not found in the selected printer, a message that the paper size is not supported by the printer is displayed.
The best practice to define user-defined paper sizes is to define them in the Printer properties dialog. If the user-defined paper size is created and saved in this dialog, it is always available in the Paper size menu of the plot frame for the selected printer.
If the nailboard / cable drawing contains multiple plot frames, each plot frame can have assigned different printers, paper sizes, orientations, etc.
Tip:
Settings chosen in the property panel of a plot frame are saved only for that particular plot frame.
For easy reusability of a particular print setting it is recommended that you create a custom printing form / template (either in the Printer properties dialog or by navigating to the printer's properties in the Windows control panel) which can then be easily applied to multiple plot frames by selecting it from the Paper size drop-down list.
- Select the File > Print menu items.
The nailboard / cable drawing is printed. - Or select a plot frame in the tree view. In the Print dialog make sure the correct paper size and other properties are specified to suit your needs.
- Click the Print button in the properties panel.
The nailboard / cable drawing is printed.