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    • B Offline
      brandy20
      last edited by

      Hi all,

      I have a question on Layout that I'd like to solve with your help. I need to prepare a plan in two formats. The first come on a large sheet, let's say 18" by 24". This plan is then tiled in smaller sheets of 8 1/2" by 11" that a client must rebuild like if it was a puzzle, to obtain the same large plan. This is done to permit the customer to print at home his plan.

      I was thinking of preparing some reference points in SketchUp so that the sheets can be overlapped and joined correctly to form the large sheet, but I find it hard to position exactly the scenes on Layout.

      I'd like to find a quicker procedure. What would you do?

      Luca

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      • J Offline
        jhauswirth
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        I would add a crosshair (just 2 lines intersecting) to the SU model in a group where you want the model to be split across LO pages.
        Then in LO insert the model on a page, set the scale and then use the precise move tool to move the center of the crosshairs to the corner of the paper. Make sure you have grid display on and gridsnap so you can precisely place the model. Repeat this for each page.

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        • B Offline
          brandy20
          last edited by

          Yes, this is exactly what I was trying to do. I think that I have to create more reference points since the tiled pdfs when matched must look as the large one. I think that the precise move tool refers to LO 3. I'm still working with two and sometimes I notice that is not that easy to position a model exactly where you want.

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          • GaieusG Offline
            Gaieus
            last edited by

            Indeed, the precise move tool was introduced in version 3. Here is a SketchUpdate Blog post about LO 3:
            http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/2010/09/drafting-in-layout-3.html

            Gai...

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            • B Offline
              brandy20
              last edited by

              Thanks Gaieus, anyway I guess I can figure out an effective way without the precise movee tool, at least until I decide to upgrade.

              Luca

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              • GaieusG Offline
                Gaieus
                last edited by

                If you place those cross-hairs precisely, it should do it as it can be assembled visually. (That's what we used to do in pre-computer age with big sheets of printed maps for instance)
                πŸ˜„

                Gai...

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                  brandy20
                  last edited by

                  Computer pre-age? How could we live without computers? Without internet??
                  😲 😲

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