How to create sheets for PDFs that can be on a 2' x 3' paper
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 6:22 pm
I have been creating plans etc. and saving them to sheets that are 11" x 17" which I see on my screen. How do I create a Title Block that is 2' x 3' in the program and see it in the print menu? I need to set up sheets that are that size for final printing and I can't see those borders so I don't know how to place the details on the sheet or indicate the scale.
In advance, thank you for your help.
Esme
P.S. I tried drawing a Title Block at full scale (i.e. 144' x 96') and putting a plan within it. Although I have that on my drawing screen, I can't figure out how to create a "sheet" with that as a detail. It is too big for the "sheet" and thus, when I ask to save it as a PDF, I only get a piece of it. I tried using the "output scale" at 1/4" which is what I would like the plan to print at on a 2' x 3' sheet but the image is only a small part of the drawing. The Datacad manual tells you how to print on an 8 1/2" x 11" paper but not on a sheet size that the commercial printer would be using. How do I save this at the right size or scale to send it to a commercial printer to have correctly scaled drawings?
In advance, thank you for your help.
Esme
P.S. I tried drawing a Title Block at full scale (i.e. 144' x 96') and putting a plan within it. Although I have that on my drawing screen, I can't figure out how to create a "sheet" with that as a detail. It is too big for the "sheet" and thus, when I ask to save it as a PDF, I only get a piece of it. I tried using the "output scale" at 1/4" which is what I would like the plan to print at on a 2' x 3' sheet but the image is only a small part of the drawing. The Datacad manual tells you how to print on an 8 1/2" x 11" paper but not on a sheet size that the commercial printer would be using. How do I save this at the right size or scale to send it to a commercial printer to have correctly scaled drawings?