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Chapter 5: Example about how to connect PAD Plotter and plot
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**How to connect PAD Plotter in Plot Manager:**


  .. note:: before setting connection：
             
			 1.ensure that the PAD Plotter Drive is installed
			 
			 2.ensure that the plotter is connected to the computer, and the plotter is switched on.
			 
  #. Add PAD Plotter Drive：
  
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  #. Creates a new folder |image019| in the computer for receiving plot files  
  
  #. Set the plot path: determind the path of the folder |image019| from which Plot Manager gets the files and plot them 
 
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     **After finishing setting the plotting paramenters in Plot Manager, you need to set corresponding paramenters in PAD Pattern Design & Marker Design.** 	 
	 
  #. Set the plotting parameters in PAD Pattern Design & Marker Design：
 
     Take V6.0 as an example：
	 
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     .. note:: The way to set the plotting paramenters in V7.0 is the same as V6.0, but the position is different:

          	     In V6.0 ： [Options] - [Preferences] - [Plot]    
			   
          	     In V7.0 ： [File] - [Plot] 
			   
			   
			   
 After finishing all the settings, click [File]-[Plot] in PAD Pattern Design&Marker Design, open the plot dialog box.  If it shows **" Hewlett Packard HPGL 2“** as default plotter drive, then click **Plot** button. It will save the file in the folder |image019| set before.
 
 At that point, if Plot Manager and PAD Plotter are enable, it will get the file from the folder |image019| and plot it automatically.
 
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