Two layouts on one print-out?

Hi,

I have got multiple tabs with layouts. I would like to pick two out and print them both out on the same page. Both landscape - one on top of the other.

Any ideas?

Ta

Unless I'm reading this wrong it sounds a bit strange, why don't you just copy the objects from one and paste over the other? Or use viewports? Could you explain a bit more about what you're trying to achieve?

You could print them both to DWF and then use the 'Compare layouts' tool...

Hi,

 

I have got multiple tabs with layouts. I would like to pick two out and print them both out on the same page. Both landscape - one on top of the other.

 

Any ideas?

 

Ta

What you refer to is commonly called "Two Up". While that option is available in a lot of software, I have not found it in AutoCAD. You have to do it yourself.

Just set up two viewports on one layout tab, each with its own drawing border & title block, stacked one over the other in landscape orientation. Of course the whole page will have to be portrait orientation. I have done that with two 8 1/2 x 11 portrait "pages" printed on one 17x22 landscape layout tab.

If the layouts already exist, you may copy and scale each layout to a third page. Of course the scale factor of each viewport will have to be changed to double the current one since you will be shrinking the original objects to fit on half a page.

Here, I just copied a landscape 24x36 page to a 2 up page. It took me 5 minutes. EDIT: Well, OK. 11 minutes.

Each copy of the original page was scaled down to fit a 18x24 page and oriented them in the 2 up configuration. I changed the viewports standard scale from 1:100 to 1:200. I copied (with base point) the entire original layout with one including window and pasted 'em in twice, one at a time, then scaled 'em to fit.

2 up.doc

Thanks guys. So I shrank my A4 layout by 0.707, changed the layout to potrait and copy pasted another layout above it. I had to then re-jig what was in the viewports. This gives me what I want. Two Layouts (including viewports) on the same page. Takes a minute to do. Not bad. Shame I can't just pick two layout tabs and print a "TwoUp". At least I can get it working.

Ben

Shame I can't just pick two layout tabs and print a "TwoUp". At least I can get it working.

Ben

Glad you were able to get it to work.

Might I ask what the purpose for this modification is? I am just wondering why changing the scale by 50% is not an issue, and why two layouts within one drawing page would not work.

You can do almost the same thing using individual pages, by changing your page setup and plotter options to use a 50% smaller paper size, and just "fit to page" your existing layouts. That is, as long as you have a roll fed plotter or a gianormous multi-tray laser printer like at Kinco's.