I only mean that if I could work in that space from the very beginning I would not run into so many scaling problems. Is there a way to set the borders of the screen space you are working within to correspond to an 8.5 X 11 sheet of paper? Not even necessarily to scale at that point.
#SKETCHUP PRINT TO SCALE ON ONE PAGE PRO#
Are you using pro version? Why is it converted to PDF? Is that part of my problem? My laptop screen resolution is 1680 x 1050. I don't know how the heck you were able to accomplsh the attachment you posted above. Why isn't that in the "official" sketchup tutorial? I filled the boxes as shown.
#SKETCHUP PRINT TO SCALE ON ONE PAGE WINDOWS#
After a dozen tutorials on printing to scale you are the first to direct my attention to the "in the printout" and "in sketchup" windows in the print dialogue. I've only got a few hairs left on my head and I'm t h i s far from running out and buying my first pack of cigarettes in three years. Please respond with questions, corrections, or better ideas. Print with Preview, choose appropriate paper and orientation in page setup, make sure not to scale to print or scale to paper in print settings.īe careful, measure accurately, you will have precisely scaled drawings to work with. Use measure tool to check for accuracy (the longer the dimension you use the more accurate you can be)ĩ. At the top of the screen input your percentage, in this case 166.666 and make sure to link the "W" and "H" values with the link button in between them.Ĩ. Your image must be 166.666% larger in order to print to scale.Ħ. This number 1.66666 is your scaling percentage. Divide your desired distance, 5" by your actual distance, lets say 3". In 1/4" = 1'0" scale the wall should measure 5" long. measure a wall that you know is 20' long. Using the measure tool (under eydropper), measure a known distance on your image. Change Canvas size to 11x17 or whatever size paper and orientation you want.ĥ. You must Duplicate your layer and delete the original background layer.Ĥ.
In Photoshop, open jpeg file, go to Image, Image Size change to 300dpi (or your preference). It is easiest if you choose one of the standard camera views. Frame view that you wish to print in sketchup interface. This is actually mostly a photoshop procedure.ġ. It does work for plans, elevations, sections, isos and axons. This procedure will NOT work for perspective.
This Is the procedure that I use to print a scaled drawing of my sketchup model. A WHAT? How many updated versions of a program are required until you can expect to print to scale? Some have described it as "software glitch'. I'm finally discovering, via multiple comments on the web, that sketchup struggles with this VERY BASIC NEED IN A DESIGN PROGRAM! There's anecdotal back and forth about reducing the size of white space around the image, converting to jpeg - tweaking - and reconverting to skp - and then hoping for the best, and a few other and sundry and irritating suggestions to pat your head and rub your belly and turn counterclockwise to get your file printed in scale. Mac: Click "OK" to save your document settings, and then print your model by opening the "File" menu, and then clicking "Print." If you are in paraline mode (step 1) and have selected a standard view (step 2), the scale options in the "Print Size" (Mac: "Print Scale") section are enabled when you clear the "Fit to page" option. In the "Print Size" section of the "Print" dialog box, clear the "Fit to page" option.ĥ. Mac: Open the "File" menu, and then click "Document Setup."Ĥ. PC: Open the "File" menu, and then click "Print." Note: The scalable edges are those aligned with the axes.ģ. To select a standard view, open the "Camera" menu, point to "Standard," and then click one of the views. Select a standard scalable view: Iso, Top, Front, Right, Back, or Left. To turn perspective mode off, open the "Camera" menu and click "Perspective" (so that a check mark is not displayed next to it).Ģ. Switch to paraline mode by turning perspective mode off.
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