plot scale
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Topic: plot scale
Posted By: button04
Subject: plot scale
Date Posted: 18.Jan.2015 at 18:38
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Hi can anyone help me ... when i go to plot my drawing it seems to have a default plot scale of 1;10000 why doesnt it let me just put 1:1 !!
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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 18.Jan.2015 at 22:44
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Are you plotting from a layout or from model space. What size paper are you plotting to? ------------- "Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>> |
Posted By: button04
Date Posted: 18.Jan.2015 at 23:43
| i was taking a layout from a model space that was set to metres, i was plotting in sizes A0 to A4 in both portrait and landscape and in every plot scale box it had 1:10000 .. dunno what the hell was going on, it seemed to be some kinda default i wasnt actually printing them but just saving them tho when i went to preview they looked ok and certainly werent to the crazy scale !! |
Posted By: philippe JOSEPH
Date Posted: 19.Jan.2015 at 07:31
Hello button04, would this help you ?
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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 19.Jan.2015 at 11:54
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Plotting from a layout is usually done at a scale of 1:1 since the viewport itself is assigned a scale. Personally, I would not plot using the "To Fit" option unless scale makes no difference. ------------- "Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>> |
Posted By: philippe JOSEPH
Date Posted: 19.Jan.2015 at 13:01
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John I knew that you were to say this but I use it every day to print alternatively in A3 paper sizes that are A0 or A1 or dirrectly A0 or A1, etc...
A3 is currently used for us in the offices and A0 are used in sites or workshops.
Fit to paper will make no differences when you launch any paper size.
If you have a big plotter but with exact size ( roll paper width 841 mm to print a A0 = 1189x841 or
a A1 841X594 ) it will be OK ( scale will not be exact but your boss bought 841 mm width and not 914 mm = 36" to recut ).
The only thing that you have to do is set the good printed area.
No problems with this AutoCAD allows you to have various way to do different jobs.
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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 19.Jan.2015 at 23:26
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When scale is of no concern then by all means plot "To Fit". ------------- "Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>> |