1:1 viewports across two pages

[Holly2779]

Hi Team,

 

Looking to present a drawing at 1:1 but it will need to go across two A0 piece of paper (it doesn't fit on a single A0 piece of paper)

 

How can I do this? 

I tried custom paper size of the doubled A0 paper measurements but this could be potentially and issue when printing? 

Thoughts please?

Holly

[markdd]

If you have an A0 plotter attached to your computer, then just choose A0 as your paper size. If not, and most people don't and you want to print this to a pdf, then go to printer set up and set up a custom size with the dimensions of an A0 sheet of paper. Set it to Portrait.

 

Then go back to the page set up dialog and choose Horizontal: 2 and Vertical: 1.

 

You should have a sheet layer that is the size of 2 pieces of A0 paper.

[Holly2779]

Thank you for your response, below is the 1:5 drawing for a client (if this helps to see it). I have been asked to provide this as a 1:1 so they can print it on their A0 Plotter to get a 'real life' cut out. 

When I try to alter the print settings (custom paper size/ 1189 x 841) is automatically sets pages as shown in the below screenshot... if I change those.... it changes the paper size 😬 I am struggling!

 

 

LOC001- RIGHT- HYDEWOOD SIGN - VER3 - 07.05.23.pdf

[markdd]

Go to Printer Set up and make sure that you have A0 selected. thengo back to the dialg that you see above.

 

In the dialog above select Horizontal: 2; Vertical 1, then press OK. You should be returned to your Sheet Layer page with 2 Pages side by side. These will represent 2 sheets of A0 Paper.

[Ramon PG]

1. Make a Sheet layer with only the sign.

 

2. Try changing the Page Setup printer to Any Printer and creating a "paper" the size you need.

[Holly2779]

@markdd Thank you again for taking the time to explain, I have screenshotted the sequence you have suggested to try and illustrate a little better the issue I am having...

 

Select A0

 

its coming up as landscape - so I have switch around the numbers..... as shown here...

 

 

Then I change the horizontal to 2 and the vertical to 1.....

 

 

 

Note it already changed the width of my paper...

Now I hit ok and get this teeny paper.....(in the middle of my 1:1 viewports for illustration)

 

 

go back to view the settings :

 

 

Editing the page numbers overrides the size.....? 

 

@Ramon PG Thank you for your suggestion too, I have queried though if this will create a printing issue - if I create my own paper size (Double A0) will I have an issue when attempting to print it across an A0 plotter.....? I don't physically have one in front of me (nor have personally used one) so I am unsure wether it will happily chop my picture in half for me...

 

Thanks again for the support 

H

[markdd]

You have missed out on the Printer setup stage.

[Holly2779]

aha! thank you, I have now followed this and can see the two A0 pages on my screen! Thank you very much!

 

 

 

Edited June 12, 2023 by Holly2779

[markdd]

Export PDF Command.

 

Then in the Export Range section select All Pages.