Plotting requires 90 degrees rotation to fit.

[frank87]

I'm using autocad 2007 and have problems plotting to an A1 PDF file; i'm using the autocad DWG to PDF.pcr built in driver and altough the drawing fits into the A1 paper format , in the preview window it's rotated to 90 degrees so it doesn't fit;i constantly need to rotate myself the drawing to 90 degrees, and then plot it to a pdf file.

 

I've of course tried the 594 x 841 or the 841 x 594 paper sizes but it doesn't make any difference.

 

Is there any way for me to make the drawing fit the paper size A1 without requiring to rotate it to 90 degrees ?

[ReMark]

So you change the paper size but you still have to change the orientation as well?

[frank87]

So you change the paper size but you still have to change the orientation as well?

 

Yes.

Very odd.

[ReMark]

Can you post the drawing? Maybe someone here can take a look at it and figure out what's going on?

[frank87]

This is the drawing to plot: for a 1/100 scale, it's size is slightly smaller than an AI paper format.

 

 

 

 

 

These are the settings to plot.

 

 

 

And this is the preview window: autocad has rotated my drawing and now it doesn't fit into the A1 format (unless i rotate the actual drawing myself and start the same plotting processus, and then it will fit)

 

[Cad64]

Click the little arrow button in the lower right corner of the plot dialog. This will expand the dialog and give you more options. One of those options is "Drawing Orientation". Change it to "Landscape".

[frank87]

Click the little arrow button in the lower right corner of the plot dialog. This will expand the dialog and give you more options. One of those options is "Drawing Orientation". Change it to "Landscape".

 

HEY Thanks !

 

It worked.

Damn hidden buttons, ha ha.

[ReMark]

I should have been more clear in my question re: orientation as I too was thinking portrait vs. landscape. Cad64 nailed it though. Nice.