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Printing to PDF - custom proportion


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Is there a way to print to PDF, of a proportion which is not a standard.

For example if I want to print to a square page, of ratio 1:1.

Most of the other choices seem to be of a ratio of 1:√2.

 

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A a4 is a 1/2 folded A3 is a 1/2 folded A2 is a 1/2 folded A1 yes root 2.

 

You can change the plot window so length and width is same , but a 100mm square on a A1 841x594 will be a 100mm square on a big sheet. 

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BIGAL, I guess what I wanted is a PDF page that has proportions other than 1:√2.

So if you print a square Window in AutoCAD, it still goes onto a PDF sheet which has proportions of 1:√2.

I have seen PDF pages which are not standard, square page, long skinny page, wide narrow page.

See attached as the example.

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It might be dependant on the plotter driver you use, but for the DWG to PDF select 'properties' from the plot dialogue and then 'Custom paper size' and 'Add' that starts a Wizard which lets you add your own paper size.

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Like Steven if you have a roll feed plotter you can do like a plot 5m long, but you must set up a custom sheet size. So you theoretically could do a pdf 5m long and send it somewhere to be plotted never tested as had a plotter.

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