Display full version of the post: Export to PDF/Something else printable

CrimsonDome
30.03.2012, 15:43
Hey there!I've got an AutoCAD drawing, 3-view of a designed plane for a class I'm taking. And I need an 11x17 print of said drawing.  As I don't possess an 11x17 printer, Im just doing trial runs on 8.5x11, however I'm doing something miserably wrong, and whenever I go to export the pdf, I NEVER get the export window I've chosen around the drawing.  It seems that the margins are overtaking everything, is there any way to properly center an export with AutoCAD that I'm missing? It has even been cutting parts off of my drawing, even when I just say "fit to page."Thanks in advance.


CrimsonDome
30.03.2012, 18:55
It seems that the bottom of the export is always cut, even putting at sizes unnecessarily small, it cuts the bottom of the page out. 


John Connor
30.03.2012, 19:51
Why would you export to PDF when one can create a PDF directly from within AutoCAD?  The resultant PDF can be opened using Adobe Reader.


CrimsonDome
30.03.2012, 19:58
Is that not what I'm doing using the EXPORTPDF command? or is there another way to create a PDF from AutoCAD?


John Connor
31.03.2012, 00:02
In the PLOT dialog box the user has the option to create a PDF plot file.  That is what I would use.  If you wish to use the command you are using now then be my guest.


CrimsonDome
31.03.2012, 00:25
Ok thanks. I'll give that a shot!


CrimsonDome
31.03.2012, 00:42
Awesome, that's the settings that I wanted to have access to for a PDF output. Thanks Alot!


John Connor
31.03.2012, 01:36
Does this output have to be to scale?


topinstruments
10.04.2012, 09:34
Both in manufacturing and in AEC.