sketch11 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketch11 Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven-g Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketch11 Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Great this works, thanks a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketch11 Posted August 10, 2020 Author Share Posted August 10, 2020 OK cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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