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My work won’t fit in A3 page in the scale 1:50

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Hello, 

I have a question 

I’m doing my work in Archicad26 and I need to save in in scale 1:50. Whenever I try to save it in this scale it won’t fit in the paper it could fit in 4 A3 pages. I need help plz!!!

and no I can’t change the scale I need it in this scale. 
thanks in advance. 

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Solution

It seems that 'Microsoft Print to PDF' only has those page sizes - A3 being the largest.

You will need to install a different PDF printer if you don't have one.

 

Primo PDF that I shows has larger page sizes.

I am sure you can Google it.

I have no idea if it is a free PDF printer or not without checking myself.

 

Barry.

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Barry Kelly
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If the model does not fit on an A3 page at 1:50 scale, then you have only 2 choices.

Change the scale so it does fit or use a bigger page size.

There is nothing else you can do.

 

I suppose you do have a 3rd choice if you want to split it over multiple pages, but that is not a very good option.

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
Dell XPS- i7-6700 @ 3.4Ghz, 16GB ram, GeForce GTX 960 (2GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

I’m new to using Archicad how can I change the paper size, the piggest page I see when I try to print to save it in PDF is A3 

If you are printing directly from the Archicad screen (I hope you are not) then just go into you 'Page Setup'.

 

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If you are setting up Publisher Sets in the Navigator (which is what you should do), then these get the page size from the layout page you have set up to place your drawings on.

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
Dell XPS- i7-6700 @ 3.4Ghz, 16GB ram, GeForce GTX 960 (2GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

I pasted my work in a worksheet and when I try to do the page setup I only have A3-A4-A5 pages 

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Solution

It seems that 'Microsoft Print to PDF' only has those page sizes - A3 being the largest.

You will need to install a different PDF printer if you don't have one.

 

Primo PDF that I shows has larger page sizes.

I am sure you can Google it.

I have no idea if it is a free PDF printer or not without checking myself.

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
Dell XPS- i7-6700 @ 3.4Ghz, 16GB ram, GeForce GTX 960 (2GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

Thank u I’ll check it out. 

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