Main Information
You can define the options related to the printer by creating a Printer Profile associated with your batch printing profile in ATR CustomTools. With a Printer Profile, your SOLIDWORKS documents are automatically printed to the correct printer or plotter device using the correct paper size.
Printer settings in the ATR CustomTools batch Printing Profile can be defined according to a specific SOLIDWORKS Sheet Format file (*.slddrt) or a specific Sheet Size. On the Main Information page, you can determine how you want to choose the printer or plotter device to process the documents.
| Used sheet format file |
Determines the SOLIDWORKS Sheet Format file (*.slddrt) to scope the selected printer rule to.
Specifying the printer rule by the desired sheet format lets you define the printer or plotter to use
for printing specific types of drawings to the correct device.
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| Sheet size | From the Sheet size box, you can select the drawing sheet size to scope the printer profile to. When you define the printer based on the sheet size, all drawings created to the selected sheet size are processed with the selected batch printing profile. |
| Width | Defines the width of the drawing sheet to select the processed drawings by. |
| Height | Defines the height of the drawing sheet to select the processed drawings by. |
button to use the file
browser feature to find and select the desired Sheet Format file.
- The Width and Height boxes can only be used if you have selected the User defined option from the Sheet size box.
- Millimeters (mm) are used as the unit of dimension for the custom sheet size.
- The Sheet Format file selected in the Sheet format file box replaces all user-defined sheet size settings.