The Print Preparation application is used to generate print models from user defined Map Models or simple DGN files. There are two components:

• Administration Tool — used to define the print templates. The print templates are models in a DGNLIB. A print template includes: viewport definitions, north arrows, text to be replaced at plot time, and any text or graphics that would make up the rest of the customers print border

• Placement Tool — places the components of the selected template in the Map or DGN model. The end result is a new model in the active DGN file that contains the components of the print model applied to the Map model. All viewports will be clipped to their frames, the north arrow cells rotated to correctly describe any rotated views and some of the text values replaced. The new print model is opened and the user then has tools to define any details for overlapping view ports and to replace any user defined text. The user can also use any MS tools to add notes or any other details to the print model.