Print to scale in sketchup how to#
Print to scale in sketchup pdf#

Sometimes it seems there is a slight bug in the 'final print preview' screen and it shows up as two pages. Its got to be bigger, so use you judgment to round up a whole or half inch.ģ) If it show up right in the 'final print preview' screen, then you are all set. And most important, set a custom page size to what was shown in the provious step.

Print to scale in sketchup how to#

Go into cutepdf's advanced properties and set dpi to 300 (I haven't figured out how to save this setting, and had to do it every time). You can just check the sheet dimension, on the left, and see how it changes when you check that box.Ģ) Then pick cutepdf as the printer. Otherwise, I pretty sure it will add in that 10' border everyone is talking about. But most likely, you will want 'Use model extents' unchecked when done. You may have to check and uncheck the 'Use model extents' to get this done and the see the dimension of the full sheet to the left. So here is how I set the cropping in sketchup:ġ) Go into 'print preview'. But I've done another test and it still doesn't work for me (see post#4). So unless, I am doing something wrong, you still got to get your cropping done when you print out from sketchup.Īddition: I didn't add this info originally, because I thought the cropper program would take care of it. It doesn't take much off, even if there is alot of blank space around the plans. Update: The cropper program doesn't seem to work. It also gives the option of putting placement marks and an overview sheet (last pic). 3) Use the tile program, to generate the tiled pdf.

Print to scale in sketchup pdf#

But now you don't have to worry, if you can't get the pdf out perfectly. The tile I did below, was actually the orginal pdf from sketchup, so you can do it without cropping. So the new method would work like this: 1) Print out a single sheet pdf, of the entire plans using cutepdf as your sketchup print driver 2) If you didn't set it up right, then use the cropper program to get rid of the unwanted perimeter space. They also have a program to rotate and resize the pdf. A few days ago I saw this post, by ajreynolds : He found some free pdf programs at: and explained how he used the cropper and tiler. Also, there are new programs now available to help us. I think, I know the reason of these problems and the answer is don't check 'Use model extents' as you will see in the pictures. But you had to fiddle with it and there were alot of problems with blank pages and large un-needed boarder area. The latest idea which worked ok, was to use cutepdf as a print driver and print directly to tiled pdf. It's always been hard to make tile pdfs in Sketchup.