Printing to scale

[Anonymous]

I've searched through the reference book, the ArchiCAD help site and the history in ArchiCAD-talk. I need to print my documents to scale. When I print my floorplan at 1/8" scale on 11 1/2 by 17 paper and take a ruler to it it's not even close. It doesn't match any of the scales on my Architects ruler.

Any suggestions on how to print a floorplan with a true scale?

[Dwight]

Your printer is probably set to "fit to page" and the area you've selected is bigger.

The way to control scale absolutely is to place a scaled view on a layout that has a physical size equal to the printed page.

[Thomas Holm]

Archicad version? O/S?

[Anonymous]

AC version 11 for PC's. I'm currently looking at my Drawing Selection Settings Window and editing the sizes listed in the properties. Does that sound like I'm on the right track?

[Thomas Holm]

No. I think you should look for an "Archicad" pane in the Print dialog. On the Mac it lets you set the scale of the output with regard to the paper size, there should be something similar in Windows.

[Anonymous]

It figures.....according to the help menu the print dialog menu seems to be specific to MacOS. Anybody know what it would be called for windows?

(The help even mentions the ArchiCAD pane. Wish I could find it in windows.)

[Anonymous]

Just wanted to mention I was finally able to print a floorplan to scale. I never did find an ArchiCAD pane but under the print option was a print 2d drawings that allowed me to set the scale.

Now is there a way to publish my whole pdf set to scale and still maintain my titleblock?

I guess I'm back to the question how do I placed a scaled view on a layout that has a physical size equal to the printed page?

And if I use this technique what happens if I change the scale from say 1/8" to 1/4"?

[Thomas Holm]

You select (or create/edit) a master layout that prints 1:1 on your chosen paper size. Then set that as default for new layouts and place your views on them. They will print at the scale you've set in the view settings. That can be changed after it's been placed.

There are several ways to place views on layouts. I often use dragging in the Organizer - that gives me good control.

Go read the Help files! They're quite helpful

[Anonymous]

Seraphim wrote:
Just wanted to mention I was finally able to print a floorplan to scale. I never did find an ArchiCAD pane but under the print option was a print 2d drawings that allowed me to set the scale.

Now is there a way to publish my whole pdf set to scale and still maintain my titleblock?

I guess I'm back to the question how do I placed a scaled view on a layout that has a physical size equal to the printed page?

And if I use this technique what happens if I change the scale from say 1/8" to 1/4"?

1. create a layout of the page size you want the final print to be
2. add whatever drawings you want and make sure the source view is set to the scale you want (right click on the drawings, choose 'modify source view settings'.)
3. output:
Plot or Print - make sure it's set to 100%, not fit to page or other %
Publish - should create plot, pdf, dwg to correct scale if the above is set up right.

Hope this helps

edit - as far as changing scales, you would have to go back and change the source view settings to the new scale you want, then make sure that the drawing outline on the layout accomodates the new scale and print as above.

[Link]

You need to do both, make sure the Drawing is the correct scale, then if you're publishing it, you need to make sure your publishing Settings are set correctly. Or if you're printing it from the File> Print menu, you need to set that dialog up correctly. There is no Print tab on a PC, it's all right there in the Print dialog. Just make sure the Size is set at 100% - and that will be at 100% relative to the scale you set in the Drawing settings. If your layout is tiling across many pages, you need to adjust your Master to fit to the sized paper offered by the Printer you're printing to.

Cheers,
Link.