printing the 2D projection of a 3D model chair

[xelaris]

Why not set up 1 sheet correctly in layout paperspace as a A4 297x210 - margins Mview, plot at 1:1 exactly correct within printer tolerance just copy this layout or copy view you can jump into view and put a join line just pan till join line almost disappears. then plot all sheets in one go.

I thought about doing something similar: creating an Mview at 1:1 and then dividing the views to be printed...too fussy and too many factors to consider (e.g. printer margins/tolerance). In Poster Mode the division of the drawing on the sheets is done automatically - printing margins are taken into account and cutting lines are traced in one go...very simple indeed.
The method you are suggesting would be the only option for printing very large drawings (larger than A1) and it also allows to customize scaling factors (in Poster Mode the only choices are x2 (4 sheets), x3 (9sheets) and x4 (16 sheets).

[ReMark]

Can we see a copy of the drawing (in 3D) or at least an image? I'm curious as to what this chair looks like.

[xelaris]

Right...here a picture of the chair in 3D and the actual A1 sheet (made by sticking together 16 A4s printed via my humble Canon MP610).

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cutting and gluing the pieces together was relatively easy...but minute errors were accumulating and the final sheet got a bit misplaced - still, very useful and I'll get better with practice (never used Poster Mode in my printer before).