ORgrown Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Tried searches in CADTutor & internet & AutoCAD Help... AutoCAD 2010 (vanilla) Have DWGs with mulitple sheets: 2-NTS & 1-set to specific scales (each DWG may be different scale). Need to Publish to PDF the sheet set for 8-1/2x11 & for 11x17, keeping the set scale. When I attempt to publish, I can only get 11x17... Also, I get a warning each time I Plot or Publish: "Adobe PDF.pc3: This plotter configuration cannot be used for one of these reasons: the driver cannot be found, the device cannot be found, or the driver has a problem. The None plot device has been substituted." Not sure if this latter warning has any affect on what I'm attempting, but I'm pretty sure I just don't know what the heck I'm doing...ultimately I need to learn how to correctly publish to two different paper sizes (to scale). Thanks, Everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chulse Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 What PDF print driver are you using then (if the Adobe.pc3 is missing)? Do you have sparate "page setups" (in the Page Setup Manager) for each paper size you want? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORgrown Posted September 11, 2009 Author Share Posted September 11, 2009 Cary, The "page setups" are named for the different page tabs. The setup is for 11x17, so I don't know how 8-1/2x11 PDFs were created initially (each DWG has 2-PDFs associated--11x17 & 8-1/2x11). Regarding what PDF print driver I'm using....have.no.clue...I'm publishing/printing PDFs by selecting DWG to PDF.pc3. New machine for me and programs were loaded by IT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chulse Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 "DWG to PDF.pc3" is the driver you're using. You will need to create a page setup for the 8.5x11 page size and print using that. You already have the layout tab created for that page size, correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORgrown Posted September 14, 2009 Author Share Posted September 14, 2009 There is only one layout tab for the complete drawing (titleblock) and it is set up for 11x17. When I received the DWG, it came with two PDFs--one at 11x17 and one at 8-1/2x11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chulse Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Ok, If I understand you correctly, I think this is what you are wanting to do. There are 2 page setups in this dwg - one for 11x17 and one for half scale (8.5x11). Take notice of the page scaling in the setups. www.thecareoftrees.com/chulse/test/half%20scale%20test.dwg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORgrown Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 Very helpful, Cary. Thanks. My limited use of AutoCAD has limited my skills/knowledge as well. I don't typically set up scaled drawings and haven't done so for a lifetime... Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chulse Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 So you got it to work then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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