Paper space issue

criscoduck09 · 2nd Nov 2009, 07:03 pm

Okay, I must be missing something.

A guy in the office (using 2009) has the following issue.

Setting up a sheet 30x42 (in page layout), he creates a title block in a seperate drawing and then inserts that as a block (id rather he xref'd but I dont think this is whats causing his issue). He inserts at 0,0 and voila that titleblock ends up being outside the parameters of the sheet he has setup.

What are we missing here? Insertion point is good, page setup is good.

Thanks in advance.

criscoduck09 · 2nd Nov 2009, 07:18 pm

got it...

changed page setup to extents and chose center plot

margins were gone, TB fits now.

**Strix** · 3rd Nov 2009, 12:23 am

Glad you got it sorted, and thanks for reporting back the solution

criscoduck09 · 3rd Nov 2009, 07:14 pm

follow up. This solution worked for only a single drawing. Come to find out that this solution would produce a different result in different drawings with no common thread.

So I went looked deeper into this actual titleblocks. The guy wasnt creating these titleblocks with a 0,0 starting point. He was randomly creating these things... move the block to a reference point of 0,0... solved.

Works every time now (zoom extents and center plot), but that refrenced file must be at 0,0.

GE13579 · 4th Nov 2009, 11:34 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by criscoduck09

got it...

changed page setup to extents and chose center plot

margins were gone, TB fits now.

Setting page setup to extents will cause scaling inaccuracies. Only do this if you don't need to worry about scale.

Glad you got it sorted, but now you shouldn't need to set to plot extents- you're better off plotting 'Layout'. This can also be changed in the Plot dialogue box.

2nd Nov 2009, 07:03 pm	#1
criscoduck09 Junior Member Using: AutoCAD 2004 Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 12	Paper space issue Okay, I must be missing something. A guy in the office (using 2009) has the following issue. Setting up a sheet 30x42 (in page layout), he creates a title block in a seperate drawing and then inserts that as a block (id rather he xref'd but I dont think this is whats causing his issue). He inserts at 0,0 and voila that titleblock ends up being outside the parameters of the sheet he has setup. What are we missing here? Insertion point is good, page setup is good. Thanks in advance.

3rd Nov 2009, 12:23 am	#3
Strix Super Moderator Version: not applicable Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sheffield UK Posts: 2,916	Glad you got it sorted, and thanks for reporting back the solution
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2nd Nov 2009, 07:18 pm	#2
criscoduck09 Junior Member Using: AutoCAD 2004 Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 12	got it... changed page setup to extents and chose center plot margins were gone, TB fits now.

3rd Nov 2009, 07:14 pm	#4
criscoduck09 Junior Member Using: AutoCAD 2004 Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 12	follow up. This solution worked for only a single drawing. Come to find out that this solution would produce a different result in different drawings with no common thread. So I went looked deeper into this actual titleblocks. The guy wasnt creating these titleblocks with a 0,0 starting point. He was randomly creating these things... move the block to a reference point of 0,0... solved. Works every time now (zoom extents and center plot), but that refrenced file must be at 0,0.