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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.