Hi, I suddenly realized that I have never tried to print or plot from SharkCAD, and, as for ViaCAD or VCP, it's been so many years that I barely remember unless I happen upon old prints done as tests done on 8.5x11 — way back around 2011 or 2010.
I searched on "plotting from shark" from within the forum.
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This was all that returned:
https://forums.punchcad..../default.aspx?g=search#0|5
Just two topics:
"Witness line length"
"Annotation Paradigm, Views and Pastes (#1351)"
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When I used to work in a naval architecture/marine engineering firm, where AutoCAD was the primary CAD app, we plotted to an expensive HP plotter. The drawings made and plotted were excellent (if made by others, not by me; I myself was horrible at plotting, setting up drawings, etc).
My question: Is there anyone using SharkCAD or VCP who exclusively uses these apps and who sends prints or plots to a plotter, on large format sheets the way one might if using, say, AutoCAD or other CAD tools?
Or, do you export or "Save As" your drawing to dxf, reorganize it in a different CAD app, and then plot from there?
I want to be able to set up a drawing standard, do "Zoom All", then send a drawing to a plotter or let others do it with the file (whether they have an in-house plotter or they go to a print shop).
I don't think I'll ever afford a large format plotter. I might be forced to save it (large ship drawings set up as if primary views of the paper-based days) to a PDF and have a print-on-demand service deliver to whomever buys my drawings.
Any input, advise, best practices, etc based on your personal experience would be very much appreciated.
Thanks!
