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Printing a plan to scale

Print makes a PDF at true scale, with your office's title block. It is made in the browser, so it works without a connection too.

How to

  1. Open Export in the top bar and choose Print plan…, type PLOT or press Ctrl+P. On a small screen, open the side panel and choose Print plan there.
  2. Choose the scale, the paper (A3 or A4), the orientation and the margins. The scale starts at the plan's line scale, Lines on the plan.
  3. With more than one storey, or with a pitched roof, tick the storeys to print: each gets a page of its own, all at one scale, from the lowest up. An empty storey can't be ticked. Beside each storey, All layers opens its layers, to leave some out.
  4. Click Download PDF.

Options

  • Roof plan: with a pitched roof it is in the list, ticked, and prints on a page of its own after the storeys.
  • Print the zero point: the zero mark on every page. It counts for the fit, so a plan far from zero may need a smaller scale.
  • Spaces to use objects: offered only when placed objects have spaces to use. Off, Usual or Step-free, for this print whatever the plan on screen shows; off until you choose otherwise.
  • Print the underlay too: offered only for underlays with a scale. They print grey and faded, and the sheet says they aren't verified.

What to expect

  • A plan that doesn't fit the sheet is never cut off: the dialog says so and names the largest usual scale that fits.
  • Lines print black on white, with the line widths and line types of the office line standard, true on paper.
  • The scale bar has its length on paper, so a printout can be checked with a ruler. Print at actual size, not "fit to page".
  • The title block says "Not issued": it is a working print, not an issued drawing.