I'm trying to print a 50:1 scale plan of a large room on a sheet of A3 paper. If A3 is too small I can move up to a plotter if required. What I need to end up with is a physical printout that measures 2cm for every metre. I'm finding the number of different settings confusing - please could someone suggest the approach I should take - or even the correct settings?
On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:51:34 +0100, "merlin777" wrote: >I'm trying to print a 50:1 scale plan of a large room on a sheet of A3 >paper. If A3 is too small I can move up to a plotter if required. > >What I need to end up with is a physical printout that measures 2cm for >every metre. > >I'm finding the number of different settings confusing - please could >someone suggest the approach I should take - or even the correct settings? In the menu File -> Page Setup in the Print Setup section set your actual paper size in the Page Size section the the page same as printer in the Drawing Scale section set your 50:1 scale athe boyyom of that section it will show the effective page size at your 50:1 scale. -- Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. Electrical for Visio http://www.electrical.sandrila.co.uk/
thanks, Paul - you're a life-saver (and a paper-saver) jc "Paul Herber" wrote in message news:f251a4p42t7grefdv7dfqhqtfe0rs9rc4a@news.gradwell.net... > On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:51:34 +0100, "merlin777" > wrote: > >>I'm trying to print a 50:1 scale plan of a large room on a sheet of A3 >>paper. If A3 is too small I can move up to a plotter if required. >> >>What I need to end up with is a physical printout that measures 2cm for >>every metre. >> >>I'm finding the number of different settings confusing - please could >>someone suggest the approach I should take - or even the correct settings? > > In the menu File -> Page Setup > in the Print Setup section set your actual paper size > in the Page Size section the the page same as printer > in the Drawing Scale section set your 50:1 scale > athe boyyom of that section it will show the effective page size at > your 50:1 scale. > > > -- > Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. > Electrical for Visio http://www.electrical.sandrila.co.uk/
