• Printer to be specified:

From the drop-down menu, select the printer you chose in the " Printer Settings " menu.


 


For a selected printer, you can adjust the print margins if you want them to be different from the default margins.


 


  • Paper size by format:

For each SOLIDWORKS file format, specify a paper output size for the selected printer.


 


In this example, a drawing in A2 format will print on your printer on A3 paper.

- You can set up a print output for part and assembly files.

- For other formats (all formats not listed in this menu).

- For U.S. formats.

- For custom formats.

To customize formats, use the " Mapping formats" button (see below). In the table, the three custom formats are identified by the names C1, C2, and C3.


- Save the settings:

Once you have defined the paper sizes, save these settings for this printer by clicking the " Save formats for this printer " button.


- Configuring multiple printers:

If you have used the ''Defining printers by format''Select a new printer from the drop-down menu and make settings for each printer used.

Save settings for each printer.


  • Correspondence of Formats and Thicknesses:


 


- Thickness mapping:

Reducing the drawing size (for example, if an A0 drawing prints as A3 on your printer) will decrease the line weights when printed. In this table, you can define line weights based on the size reductions.


 


To modify this table, uncheck the option .


- Mapping formats:

To print in the correct format and on the correct printer, SOLIDWORKS must recognize the formats of the selected drawings. In this table, you can define a width and height for each print format.

 

 


Edit the " Width " and " Height " columns.

- You can manually add a new format along with its size.

 


- Add a tolerance for width and height dimensions when detecting paper sizes.

 

For custom C1 format If your drawing has a specific size: Width 280 and Height: 217, it will be detected.

After each table modification, save with the '' button.Register''.