How to print full size to a PDF

[jim ryan]

When I design something there are components of it (i.e. Curved Table legs) that I would like to be able to print to a PDF file full size so I could bring them to a graphics shop for printing, thus enabling me to trace them and make router templates.  But for the life of me I cannot see how to do this.

Any tips?

Jim

[Scott Perkins]

I believe that you can only print like that if you have paid for and use the professional version.

Apparently some older free versions allowed some printing, and I seem to remember some 3rd party

add-ons that did some fancy print stuff but they must have been obsoleted by now.

Also, there is rumored to be some other CAD software packages that can import sketchup format files

and you could print from them.   I do not know what the software packages are.

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Subject: How to print full size to a PDF

When I design something there are components of it (i.e. Curved Table legs) that I would like to be able to print to a PDF file full size so I could bring them to a graphics shop for printing, thus enabling me to trace them and make router templates.  But for the life of me I cannot see how to do this.

Any tips?

Jim

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[lessue.l...@gmail.com]

Try drawing a line of a specific dimension, say 6 inches, in the drawing to be printed.  Then fool with the percentage shown on the printer popup until you get a printout that has either the line exactly 6 inches or very close.

[david.fr...@gmail.com]

I realize this post is nearly two years old; however, there is a way to print full-scale...it takes some tweaking with page size and your screen, but the below steps are the gist of it.

1. Select Parallel Projection on the Camera menu. (Camera/Parallel Projection)
2. Select one of the Standard Views (Camera/Standard Views/…..)
3. Adjust the window and model size to minimize the amount of white space around the model. This is to compensate for the toughest and most critical part of the process (the view on your screen plays in important role).
4. Depending on the aspect ratio of your window in step 3, you may need to choose Landscape instead of Portrait in the File/Print Setup dialog box.
5. Set your scale in the Print Preview dialog box (File/Print Preview) and UNCHECK both “Fit to page” and “Use model extents”.
6. Choose print.