Include and publish background maps in printed drawings.

Special consideration when Printing or Plotting ‘Background Maps’

When printing or plotting from ZWCAD you have to be aware that the only way to be sure about the appropriate printed results is by running the process from the Model Space and selecting “Display” as the “Plot area” (see the first image below). In other cases, the results may not be correct and it would be necessary to apply the following workaround.

To print or plot any other area of the Model Space, or do it from the Paper Space, or Publishing, etc., the use of the Raster Images captured as indicated in the previous article may be the best solution. In the case of Paper Space Viewports, note that these Raster Images are ZWCAD entities, which will allow you to “play” with different possibilities depending on the Layer where they are included and how this Layer is configured in the different Viewports (see the second image below).