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This command prints a document or a view.
Creation stages / Use:
Click the icon from the system bar or select File > Print from the TopSolid button.
Regarding the type of document to print, printing options below might change. To print a bill of material document, follow this link.
Select the area of the document to print.
Scale 1:1: Only available in a Draft document. This mode allows you to print with the scale 1:1 on the chosen paper size. If the paper size is too small, the print will be incomplete.
In frame: Only available in a Draft document. This mode allows you to print all entities in the draft format. The draft is printed with an optimized scale factor so all its elements will be printed on the paper format.
View: This mode is not available in a Draft document. The complete graphic area of the 3d document is printed.
Area: This mode allows you to define exactly the area to print using a resizable rectangular frame. In this case, an optimum scale factor is calculated so that the area defined prints in the format of the printer paper.
Paper: The maximum printable area of the printer is displayed on the document, you can move this area on the part of the document you want to print, set the scale factor and orientation (using the option Landscape).
Window: This mode is not available in a Draft document. It allows to print all views of the document when using the multi-view mode.
Click Preview to visualize what you want to print.
If the draft has several pages, select if you want to print all pages, the current page or select pages to print by separate them by a semi-colon.
Select the printer to use and its resolution.
Select the color mapping (colors or grey levels).
Select the size, the source (rack, roll or others according to the printer type) and the paper orientation of the printer.
Validate the printing of the document with the 
button or click the Preview button to display the print preview in a separate window.
Available Options:
Printer:
The list of proposed printers corresponds to the printers declared in the Control panel of Windows.
The Properties button allows access to the printer settings, these settings depend on the printer drivers .
The Resolution allows the printing quality to be modified, a resolution between 300 and 600ppp (points per inch) allows a good quality result to be obtained.
The color mapping option allows to print in colors or with grey levels.
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The higher the resolution, the better the quality the result will be, but to the detriment of printing time. |
Paper:
The list of formats proposed corresponds to the formats defined in the selected printer driver.
Depending on the printers, there can be several paper sources (several trays, several rollers, etc.).
The Portrait mode corresponds to a vertical format whereas the Landscape mode corresponds to a horizontal format.
Copies::
This section allows to enter the number of print copies. They can be collated or not.
Advanced options: (only available when printing a draft).
When it is unchecked, the Advanced masking option allows to reduce the printing time or the size of the generated pdf.
Preview options:
Print:
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Prints from the preview. |
Scale:
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The display can be enlarged or reduced by selecting a scale factor from the drop-down list. The Auto zoom automatically adapts to the size of the document to print. |
Pages:
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Displays from one to six pages to print. |
Close:
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Closes the preview window without printing. |
