Printing
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Conrad here,
I am having some difficulty printing. How do I manipulate the arrangement of my drawings in the print preview window, (I am printing to scale).
I have attached 1 of the sections(1 of 4)that I am currently working with. Can someone tell me why the corners,particularly the 1/4" offset, disappear unless you are zoomed in?
Thanks, Conrad. -
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It's your style setting that's causing the problem. Try using the default style 02 hidden line instead.
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Conrad,
What is the size of paper you are trying to print this on? If you are using 8 1/2" x 11" paper it will not fit in a scale of 1:1. You need paper that is approximately 26" x 36" to get all the dimensions on and a scale of 1:1.
Use Print Preview. If you want to fit it on 8 1/2" x 11" paper use a scale of 3.5 to 4.0 : 1. You can figure this out by changing the scale in the Scale boxes until the size of the paper in the Page Size boxes is less than 8 1/2" x 11". You can use the Use Model Extents to choose the minimum bounds to include all drawing elements including dimensions. Do not check Fit to page if you want a scaled drawing.
SketchUp has not done a very good job of presenting the print out options. It is quite difficult to understand, but it works. Play around with it and you will get it. Hopefully that will fix this in 7.0.
The missing corners can be fixed by going to Window/Styles, select your style and click the Edit tab. Under Level of Detail move the slider all the way to the right. Yo can also select a different style that doesn't have 2 pixel wide lines.
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thanks for the reply Joe,
You solved my print problem,but the level of detail slider seems to only be available for wavy lines. Any ideas for straight lines?
Thanks, Conrad -
Hi Conrad,
Try this. Open the Styles box. Make sure you are in the In Model library and your Straight Line 02pix style is selected. Click the icon just below the red x close icon in the upper right hand corner. The Styles box should expand to give you another library to select from. In the lower library box use the drop down box to select Default Styles but do not select any styles. Make sure your Straight Line 02pix style is still selected in the upper box. In the upper box choose the Mix tab. Move your cursor over the upper left style in the lower window (it is the usual default model with sky and ground). The cursor should turn to an eye dropper. Click it once. Move your cursor to the Edge Settings box above. The cursor turns to a paint bucket. Click it once. Notice the large style icon in the upper left hand corner indicates you need to update your your style. Do this by clicking the third icon below the red x close icon. It is two semi circles with arrows. This should solve your problem.
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By the way Conrad, you may want to now go to the Edit tab to experiment with profile settings of 1, 2, or 3 to change the thickness of the outline lines.
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