Centering Titleblock and Border on Page

[nicnicman]

What is a good way to ensure that a border and title block are perfectly centered on the page in paper space. Someone once showed me how to do it with a window but I can't seem to remember the method.

 

I'm using a 36x24in paper size with a .5 margin all the way around. The border will sit on this margin. I can eyeball it pretty close but I know this is not the right way.

 

Maybe someone can point me the right direction.

[nicnicman]

I believe I figured this one out on my own. Under the plot offset heading I saw the Center the plot option. It was right under my nose.

[nicnicman]

This doesn't really seem to be helping me after all. Wonder what I'm doing wrong?

[Came]

draw a rectangle then a line , snap for midpoint

[nicnicman]

In paper space there is the white part of the screen that represents the paper. What I would really like to do is bring the bottom left corner of this paper to 0,0,0 on the axis. Then I would be able to drop the title block onto that point.

 

Right not the paper seems to be in a random place on the axis. Is there a way to specify where it is placed?

 

Thanks for any help.

[Organic]

Plot "Extents" and select the "centre plot" option as you mentioned above.

[EMS_0525]

i always plot with window, and center the plot. that way i know what i will get.

[Organic]

I wouldn't use Window. Try it with Extents or Layout.

[nicnicman]

Thanks for all the suggestions everyone. I will try them.

[nicnicman]

My boss wants me to send him a floor plan in .pdf format. The plot preview looks fine in autocad but when I plot it as a .pdf (using dwg to pdf in autcad) the border and drawing are off center.

 

I used a window and centered the plot. Attached are screen shots of the plot preview in cad and the .pdf file

 

Any help is appreciated.

 

Edit: The plot preview is in the following post. These are both screen shots of the pdf plot

[nicnicman]

Sorry about that. The previous attachments are both the pdf files. Here is the screenshot of the plot preview in autocad.

[nett8]

i use 0,0 for start point to place title block

Layout Wizard.pdf