BASIC TRAINING EXERCISE 12

PLOTTING

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Prepare for plotting

Open Exercise 12.cad

Sprinkler Legend: Click here for Video

1. CLICK the Sprinkler Legend toolbar button

2. CLICK anywhere to place in the drawing

The sprinkler legend automatically includes all sprinklers in the drawing. If there are sprinklers
that you don’t want to include in the legend, de-select the undesired sprinkler(s) within
properties.

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System Area: Click here for Video

3. CLICK Tools, Area, System Area

4. CLICK OK

5. DRAW as many points as necessary around

the desired area

6. RIGHT-CLICK to end the tool

7. DOUBLE the System Area boundary

CLICK

8. TYPE A new name for this area under

System Area Reference i.e. ( AREA 1)
9. CLICK OK

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 10. CLICK the Sprinkler Legend toolbar button

11. CLICK anywhere to place in the drawing

12. DOUBLE On this new Sprinkler Legend

CLICK
13. SELECT From the System Area Linking
Pulldown (Area 1)

14. CLICK OK

This legend will now be linked to the System Area that you created. If any changes occur within
the system area, go into the Properties of the Sprinkler legend and click OK, this will refresh the
Sprinkler Legend and Update and new heads that where added or removed.

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Place Callout: Click here for Video

15. RIGHT-CLICK In white space

16. SELECT Alter Benchmark Elevation/Rotation

17. TYPE -1

18. CLICK OK

Callout is a 3d box. Setting the Benchmark to 1’ below zero places the Callout under the cad
background so it is Visible when plotting.

19. CLICK bottom left corner of the Callout

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20. CLICK bottom right corner of the Callout

21. CLICK far extent of the Callout

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Plotting Paper Size is shown at the Top Left of the Callout. Callout’s can Link to a View.
Anything inside the Callout’s 3d Box is printed. The Callout sets the Scale for the View (Callout
default Scale is set to 0-1/8”=1’-0”).

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Set Callout Height and Scale: Click here for Video

Column Height is 20’. The Callout Height should be 25’, so the Callouts 3d box surrounds the
Sprinkler System.

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22. DOUBLE on Callout
CLICK

23. TYPE FP-1 in Sheet Reference field

24. TYPE A in Callout Reference field

25. TYPE 25 in Height field

26. SELECT 0-1/4”

27. CLICK OK

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Sheet tab: Click here for Video

28. RIGHT-CLICK on Sheet 1 tab

29. CLICK Import Plot Sheet

Browse your Training folder and locate Exercise 12 Title block.cap. .

30. SELECT Exercise 12 Title block.cap

31. CLICK Open

A new Sheet tab will be created, and the title block will be imported

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We are now in Sheet Space. This is where you’ll place View Elements, title block, notes, and
details.

32. RIGHT-CLICK on Exercise 12 Titleblock.cap tab

33. CLICK Rename

34. TYPE FP-1

35. PRESS Enter

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 36. RIGHT- on the Sheet 1 tab
CLICK

37. CLICK Remove

The sheet tab will automatically display the size and shape of the paper that you’re plotting to,
as specified in your current plotter settings

In the example above, the plotter is set to 8-1/2 x 11. After changing the Plotter settings to plot
an E1 sheet (30x42), you’ll need to update the Sheet tab layout

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Plotter Setup: Click here for Video

38. CLICK File/Plotting/Plotter Setup…

39. SELECT Bullzip PDF Printer

40. CLICK Properties… button

41. CLICK Layout tab

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42. SELECT Landscape

43. CLICK Advanced… button

44. SELECT ARCHE1

45. CLICK OK

46. CLICK OK

47. CLICK OK

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Page Layout: Click here for Video

48. RIGHT-CLICK on FP-1 Sheet tab

49. CLICK Page Layout

50. CLICK Query Printer button

51. CLICK OK

The 30x42 title block is now inside the printable area.

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View element(s) Click here for Video

52. CLICK the View toolbar button

53. DRAW View element by clicking two

opposite corners

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54. RIGHT-CLICK to end the Tool

55. DOUBLE- On View element

CLICK

56. SELECT Callout: FP-1-A

57. CLICK OK

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The View Element is now linked to Callout. Anything inside callout will be displayed in the View
element. If Callout size changes then the View size will change.

58. CLICK the View Layers tab

Layer Visibility can be copied from Model tab.

Layer States can be Loaded or Saved from View.

59. CLICK OK

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Resize Callout: Click here for Video

60. CLICK on Model tab

61. CLICK on Callout

62. DRAG Grip on right to the left

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The Callout and View size has changed.

63. CLICK on Fp-1 sheet tab

64. MOVE View to center of title block

65. DRAG Grip on right to the left

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Create Sprinkler Legend from View: Click here for Video

66. RIGHT-CLICK on View

67. CLICK Create Sprinkler Legend from View

Only Sprinklers in View are shown in Sprinkler Legend.

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Note: Text and leader lines must be elevated above the view element to prevent them from
being obscured by the view

Text is below View element

Edge of View element
oolbars -Editablets Tree /
Layers oolbars -Editablets
Tree / Layers
68. CLICK the Model Tab to return back to the
model space

Section tool Click here for Video

69. ZOOM to the riser

Zoom
Window

70. RIGHT- in blank drawing space

CLICK

71. CLICK Alter Benchmark Elevation/Rotation

72. CLICK the Zero Elevation button, CLICK OK

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73. CLICK the Section toolbar button

74. CLICK to begin drawing the section line

Press and hold [SHIFT] for Ortho lock

3rd click

1st click Hold [SHIFT] then 2nd click

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75. PRESS & [SHIFT] then CLICK to place the
HOLD end of the section line

76. CLICK to set the background clip

77. RIGHT-CLICK to end the tool

78. DOUBLE- the Section element to view Properties

CLICK

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79. TYPE A for Section Reference, FP-1 for Sheet
Reference, and 10-0 for Height

80. CLICK OK

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81. SELECT the Section element

82. MOUSE- ISO View (Up and Left)

GESTURE

ISO
View

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 83. MOUSE- Plan View (Down and Right)
GESTURE

Plan
View

84. RIGHT-CLICK the Section element

85. CLICK Create Section View

set as shown below: Then Click
OK

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86. CLICK to place the View element of the section
The CLICK will define the lower left corner of the
view element

87. DOUBLE-CLICK the edge of the view element to view Properties

Verify settings:

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Part Tag Click here for Video

88. DOUBLE- the “FIRE RISER” text to view Properties

CLICK this is a Part Tag element being used as
simple text with a leader line

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89. CLICK the Part Tag toolbar button

90. CLICK on a grooved coupling or other sprinkler

elements in your drawing
The tag is placed and part information is
captured in the tag text

91. SELECT the Part Tag

92. CLICK & DRAG the grip to move the tag to a clear
space in the drawing

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Part Legend Click here for Video

93. WINDOW-SELECT the riser as shown

94. CLICK the Parts Legend toolbar button

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95. CLICK the checkboxes as shown below, and…

96. CLICK the ISO icon shown below

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97. CLICK OK

98. CLICK in blank space to place the Legend to the right of the
Section view

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 99. SELECT one of the part tags

100. CLICK & each tag’s grip to place them where you like
DRAG

101. CLICK on the Sheet 1 tab to return to Sheet tab space

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102. CLICK the View toolbar button once again

103. DRAW a small view element to the right of

the first large view

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 104. CLICK on Model tab

105. ZOOM to the area shown below

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 106. RIGHT- in blank drawing space
CLICK

107. CLICK Capture Camera Settings

108. CLICK the Sheet tab to return to Paper space

109. RIGHT- on the edge of the small View element

CLICK created earlier

110. CLICK Paste Camera Settings

Practice creating more views to your liking

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Ready to plot: Click here for Video

111. CLICK on the Plotting fly-out

112. CLICK Plot

Make sure the sheet to be plotted is checked in the first column

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 113. CLICK Start Printing

Make print settings adjustments as needed for plotting to a device or PDF

A print quality setting of 300 DPI is sufficient in most cases. A setting of 600 DPI and
above, while giving a higher resolution, will increase the length of time needed to produce
the plot and will increase the PDF file size.

End of exercise

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