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Printing to Scale

Printing to Scale

Several different print scaling options are Perspective Views
available. The type of view that you are
printing determines which options you may Camera views and Perspective overviews
choose from. display the model much the way the eye
would see it and cannot be scaled.
Orthogonal Views • Objects in the view may be at any angle
relative to your line of sight.
Floor plan views, Orthographic 3D views,
CAD Details, and layout pages are • Objects seem to decrease in size as their
orthogonal views, which means: distances from the viewer increase.
• Your line of sight is at a right angle to all Perspective views can only be printed using
objects in the view. the Print Image tool. See “Print Image
• Objects do not appear to decrease in size Dialog” on page 1337.
as their distances from the viewer While perspective views cannot be scaled,
increase.
you can control the printed size of the view.
Orthogonal views can be printed to scale; If Fit to Paper is selected in the Print View
however, Orthographic 3D views can only be dialog, a percent value can be set that defines
printed to scale when the Vector View how much of the printed page to fill. See
Rendering Technique is used. “Print View Dialog” on page 1334. 50%
causes the print to be 50% of both the height
The scale set in the Page Setup dialog is and width of the paper, including the non-
inherited by the Print and Send to Layout printable border.
dialogs. This scale can be overridden on an
individual basis in either of these dialogs. For example, if printing to an 8½ x 11 page
See “Print View Dialog” on page 1334 and with a 1" non-printable border in each
“Sending Views to Layout” on page 1290. direction:
• 100% would print an area 8½ x 11. This
Select File> Print> Scale to Fit in an is not recommended, as part of the output
orthogonal view to select a suitable scale and could fall outside the printable area.
re-center the drawing sheet so that
everything fits on the sheet. • 50% would print an area 4¼ x 5½.
• Each printer may vary slightly.
Imperial drawing scales are typically noted
in inches per foot. Larger scales, such as 1
inch = 50 feet or 1:200m, are often used for Check Plots
property layouts. A check plot is a test print that allows you to
Once a view has been sent to layout, there print at a reduced scale on smaller, less
are a variety of additional scaling options. expensive paper so you can check that the
See “Rescaling Views” on page 1299. drawing will print as expected. The drawing

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