Christopher Mason

Thanks!

When I pull the PDF back into Vectorworks the scale is right on, and everything measures correctly.

Thank you for the input. I have not watched them make the change on their machine, and Vectorworks is not used by anyone other than me at the school that I know of, this is a faculty resource center at the community college and they usually use the plotter for poster printing for different clubs. Before I came the previous designer just drew up plans on paper not to scale, but with dimensions for people to use. I have not pulled the PDF back into VW, that's a great idea, I'll do that to see if I'm the problem somehow. I have been checking the scale with a scale rule on the printout and used a couple of different ones In case my arch ruler is bad. I am using the Student Edition of VW but I don't think that is supposed to have any problem like this.

I have been using VW2023 SP8. Just updated to 2024 but have not had a chance to check this issue. I create a sheet layer in ARCH D and 1/4" = 1'-0". (probably doesn't matter but it is entertainment - scenic and lighting). I print to PDF so I can take the file to a plotter at the school. The person there prints it for me, I've asked them to ensure they are using "Actual Size" and not "Fit". It's always off, about 6" every 25'. I don't use the export to PDF because for some reason it has a tendency to drop some graphics (like images of gobos in the file). Is this something known about or am I or the printer person doing something wrong? Thanks in advance, Christopher