Print on title box help

[BEERM4N]

As I said I haven't got access to Autocad at the moment but I'll put it on my list for first thing monday morning

 

 

that would be so awesome

[steven-g]

Sorry you had to wait so long, but a lot of people aren't about at the weekend.

I'll let you fill in the title blocks, but I have set up the layouts for each drawing to plot onto A3. If There are any problems just let us know.

Chúc may mắn

5Summary_FN2(1).dwg

[BEERM4N]

Sorry you had to wait so long, but a lot of people aren't about at the weekend.

I'll let you fill in the title blocks, but I have set up the layouts for each drawing to plot onto A3. If There are any problems just let us know.

Chúc may mắn

 

You are awesome my freind! I owe you a beer.

[steven-g]

You are awesome my freind! I owe you a beer.

You are welcome

[BEERM4N]

I'm back again. I am the biggest noob when it comes to CAD. Now steven-g has kindly setup my templates for each drawing how do I print them to say a .pdf file @ A3 size?

[steven-g]

Hello again, open the plot dialogue and select DWG to PDF as your plotter, in the paper sizes section look for A3 size, and make sure that the scale is set to 1:1 and that the units is mm.

[BEERM4N]

\\te-fp01\SCH_A3BL: This plotter configuration cannot be used for one of these reasons: the driver cannot be found, the device cannot be found, or the driver has a problem. The None plot device has been substituted.

 

That is the initial error I get.

 

Then I run the plot and get the following error:

 

WARNING: Incompatible or missing plot style

[steven-g]

\\te-fp01\SCH_A3BL: This plotter configuration cannot be used for one of these reasons: the driver cannot be found, the device cannot be found, or the driver has a problem. The None plot device has been substituted.

That is the name of the plotter we use at work. So you need to change the plotter name to "DWG to PDF" it is the second option down on the left hand side of the dialogue option. And the plot style is the top right hand choice menu. If I remember correctly then "NONE" is one of the options, you should be ok picking that, let me know if you are still having problems and I'll post a screen shot of what I mean tommorrow.

[BEERM4N]

Think i've got it worked out, but it looks as though when i print it to .pdf it puts the scale out slightly which is a pain, it also cuts off some of the titlebox... Any ideas?

[sparkyuk]

when u select Pdf to Dwg it makes a Pdf at a size of A3 providing you did as above, so when printing the Pdf make sure you have the print bit set to "none" and that A3 is selected in paper size, you should see a preview before printing if it don't look right then you have done something wrong

[BEERM4N]

I'm not sure whats happening. Im creating the .pdf and its cutting of one edge of the title box and the scale is out a little once i print it off. .pdf attached

A3 Front Elevation @ 1-50 xzx.pdf

[steven-g]

It works fine here, check that you have exactly the same settings as in the attached image

[BEERM4N]

It works fine here, check that you have exactly the same settings as in the attached image

 

Hmm so wierd thats exactly what im doing and getting the attached results. Notice how the right hand side is cut off a bit?

A3 Front Elevation @ 1-50 xzx 2.pdf

[steven-g]

Does the preview look OK. It could be a plotter setting. But try the attached, each sheet is set up for plotting to PDF.

5Summary_FN2(2).dwg

[BEERM4N]

Thanks Steven. It was a plotter setting but still cant figure out why its cutting the edge of my template off when I convert it to .pdf. Ahh well, once again thanks for all your help.

[BEERM4N]

Last question i prmoise, see how the dimesions are labeled in red, how do i change them?

[sparkyuk]

simple:

go to model space click on the red letters, go to the top of the screen where the colours are it says bylayer click on it and select what colour you want and its done

 

Or if you want to change them all in one go you will need to go into layer props manager and find the layer that the dims are on and change it to the colour you want once done all the dims will changed to your selected colour

Edited June 19, 2013 by sparkyuk

[steven-g]

In your menu click 'Format' - 'Dimension style' - 'Modify' pick the text tab and there is a setting for text color, you will have to select and change all the different styles.

 

"EDIT" If you don't use menus the command is DIMSTYLE to get to the style manager