Print ant Print preview scr*ed up

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BartR
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Print ant Print preview scr*ed up

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When I create a print preview, I get this out of center (see attachment)
Moreover: when printed in PDF (100% scale) the final design is bigger than the one really sketched.
I can't get the correct scale

No mater paper orientation or else.
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OS: Windows 10 Version 2009
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Re: Print ant Print preview scr*ed up

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The Tools->SaveImage function basically makes a screenshot which dependes on the zoom level. For a technical drawing use the TechDraw workbench.
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Re: Print ant Print preview scr*ed up

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chrisb wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 10:02 am The Tools->SaveImage function basically makes a screenshot which dependes on the zoom level. For a technical drawing use the TechDraw workbench.
I used File > Export PDF
And it's not 1:1 .. even putting Scale 100% etc ...

I need to print on paper the object 1:1
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Re: Print ant Print preview scr*ed up

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Make sure your printer has "scale", "fit", or whatever it calls it turned off, or you'll never get it a 1:1 print.
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drmacro wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 11:34 am Make sure your printer has "scale", "fit", or whatever it calls it turned off, or you'll never get it a 1:1 print.
yes I was making sur thies.

HOwever with TechDraw the prints are ok: 1:1

With the PDF not at all
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Re: Print ant Print preview scr*ed up

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I can't get the correct scale
I guess you use the Print PDF function of the 3D view. How do you expect to get an object in the PDF that has the exact same size as you modelled it? This just isn't possible because the size of the object of the embedded image depends on the zoom level. This means if you create 3 PDFs of the same object with 3 different zoom levels then the results are all different.
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Re: Print ant Print preview scr*ed up

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wmayer wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 12:54 pm
I can't get the correct scale
I guess you use the Print PDF function of the 3D view. How do you expect to get an object in the PDF that has the exact same size as you modelled it? This just isn't possible because the size of the object of the embedded image depends on the zoom level. This means if you create 3 PDFs of the same object with 3 different zoom levels then the results are all different.
I explained how I export in PDF. Since it's File > Export PDF
So I must have the 1:1 if I chose for it as I did.
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Re: Print ant Print preview scr*ed up

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BartR wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 2:17 pm So I must have the 1:1 if I chose for it as I did.
No. That's a screenshot wrapped in a pdf file. Thus it depends on what and how you show it in 3D view.
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Re: Print ant Print preview scr*ed up

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chrisb wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 4:15 pm
BartR wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 2:17 pm So I must have the 1:1 if I chose for it as I did.
No. That's a screenshot wrapped in a pdf file. Thus it depends on what and how you show it in 3D view.
ok, so the only one way (that's working) is the one you suggested by the use of TechDraw.
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Re: Print ant Print preview scr*ed up

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BartR wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 2:17 pm I explained how I export in PDF. Since it's File > Export PDF
So I must have the 1:1 if I chose for it as I did.
How are you trying to select 1:1?

I do not see any such option for File > Export PDF.

(As others have said, TechDraw is the proper method to get correctly scaled printouts.)

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