reduced scale drawing sets method?

[grant_PD 281]

What is the best way to create and maintain a reduced scale drawing set?  Say I have a sheet layer and everything is 24x36 1/4" scale, and I want to have a drawing at 18x24 in 1/8" scale of the same exact drawing?  

[Kevin McAllister 1,204]

I work to an ANSI D sheet size (22x34) which scales to Tabloid (11x17) at 50%.

It would be a lot of work to maintain two full drawing sets. If I had to I'd work in a similar way, where the paper sizes were proportional.

 

Kevin

 

[rDesign 492]

I work the same way as Kevin, printing a full-size set at 50%. I was very excited when I realized that my trusty old HP LaserJet 5000n could handle 12”x18” paper, so I can print in-house a half-size of a 24”x36” Drawing Set.

[Kevin McAllister 1,204]

28 minutes ago, rDesign said:

I work the same way as Kevin, printing a full-size set at 50%. I was very excited when I realized that my trusty old HP LaserJet 5000n could handle 12”x18” paper, so I can print in-house a half-size of a 24”x36” Drawing Set.

 

I had some 12" x 18" paper for a while. My old large format HP inkjet would take it too.

KM

 

[Boh 544]

We do a 50% print scale to get a half size set which works really well for us.

 

Have found some minor issues though to be aware of such as hatches not scaling correctly, the drawing labels needing to have a customised scale (rather than just being automated to the viewport scale) and camera match not working well on a PC, though that might have been fixed now.

 

 

[grant_PD 281]

so is the method just to export pdfs at 50% reduction from the dialog?  

[Boh 544]

We use the sheet layer set up. Go to edit sheet layer>Page Setup>Printer Setup.

 

[grant_PD 281]

That's how I figured it was being handled.  Thanks all for the input.

[Jim Smith 341]

I've worked on this before and I don't see that this technique works as the output's Drawing Label's Scale is not changed. In the past I've had to have a whole duplicate set of Sheets to make this read properly. Any thoughts on the subject?

 

[Boh 544]

Yes we just do the drawing label scale manually (or just don't include the scale in the label). We have set up the drawing tool with custom scale as the default like this so it covers both A1 & A3. The question mark in the scale indicate it needs to be filled manually. Of course if the vp scale is changed then the label will need to be manually updated but if it isnt it usually comes out in the wash in the pre issue check.

 

Edited February 17, 2020 by Boh