How to Print / Plot Multiple Layouts All at Once in Autocad

Monday, February 21, 2011
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You probably have experienced that when you have your drawings in multiple layouts you have to print/plot them one at a time.
So if you have 20 layouts in a drawing file, you have to repeat the procedure 20 times as well which is so tedious, boring and a complete waste of precious time. Well, you don't really have to do that. There are actually steps to print/plot all your drawings just one time!
Here are the steps to print/plot multiple layouts at once in autocad:
(Note that these steps apply to Autocad 2005, 2006 and 2008. I haven't tried it in Autocad 2008, but I think the procedure will also work)

1. Select all the tabs. When you have a drawing file with multiple layouts, each layout has a corresponding tab. Thus, you will see multiple tabs at the bottom of the drawing window. To select all the tabs, first click the first tab, then hold the shift key, go to the end tab and click on it. All tabs should highlight at this point.

2.Now, right-click and in the menu that pops up click 'Publish Selected Layouts'. A Publish dialog box will appear. In this dialog box, click the Publish button to start plotting multiple layout all at once.

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