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    Registered: ‎06-22-2012

    Batch plotting to PDF margin problems

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    06-22-2012 09:12 AM

    i usually make pdf's by plotting each layout to pdf then combining them with adobe acrobat. Recently i have tried the batch plot to pdf and found that i like it much better but im haing a problem with it. I have set up my page sheet manager and have imported my plot sheet settings from a different file. I have checked and double checked that the settings on this file is correct. My problem is that when i create the batch plot and select the page setup when i create the pdf it cut the left and right side of the page off like there are margins or something. I have created a pdf my ploting to pdf on an individual page and printed it and compared to my batch plot and they are the same scale and size on the paper but the batch plot cuts it off on the sides. I need to get it to print like the plot to pdf so that it is to scale. Anyone have any ideas or suggestions?

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    Re: Batch plotting to PDF margin problems

    06-24-2012 10:03 PM in reply to: moody9603

    Try printing a single "Good" plot and then a "Batch" plot without closing the file.

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    Re: Batch plotting to PDF margin problems

    06-25-2012 11:53 AM in reply to: moody9603
    I have done this to make sure that my settings were correct. When I plot the single plot it works but when I batch the plots it cuts the sides off. Any other ideas? Jeremy Moody Jeremy.moody@bldr.com
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    Re: Batch plotting to PDF margin problems

    06-25-2012 02:36 PM in reply to: moody9603

    Are you setting an override pagesetup in PUBLISH? That would be about the only thing that could change the settings.


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    Re: Batch plotting to PDF margin problems

    03-18-2013 02:46 PM in reply to: moody9603

    I have a similar problem.  I always use Page Setup & create different setup for different sizes of plots.  Exact same paperspace & titleblock from one drawing to another & it will always cuts the left hand side of the titleblock.  It happens when I import a Page setup from one drawing to another.  I have been doing this forever on multiple versions of AutoCAD & never had a problem.. This is driving me crazy.. If its not this its my cursor disappering all the time..

     

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    Chad

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