How to select single page to print using 1:1 with tiling enabled?

[kheist]

Hello,

I am using Inventor 2011. Is there any way to select a single page to print when plotting 1:1 with tiling enabled? I am attempting to print a drawing of a very large model 1:1 and want to ensure the sheets line up, but need to be able to select and print a single page. Another option considered is to create multiple drawing sheets and line them up by adding some background or tick marks to the model. Any suggestions??

Thanks!

[mcgyvr]

Not sure I understand the problem.. or your question because it doesn't really make sense.. Why a "single page" stipulation.. 

Obviously if your source is larger than the paper it cannot be printed to scale

If I open a tabloid drawing then simply pick "model 1:1" and "tiling enabled" and print it to a letter size printer it automatically prints registration marks and prints it to scale over 4 sheets..

[kheist]

Yes, exactly. I can select "model 1:1" and "tiling enabled" to print on 8.5" x 11" sheets. However, my model is so large that I would be printing over 100 pages. If I make a change to only a small portion of the model, I want the ability to print, say, only page 2 of the X number of pages I get in the tiled printout. The purpose is to have a 1:1 representation on a table for assembly.

[cwhetten]

You could print all of the pages to PDF or other electronic format, and then use the PDF (or other) viewer to select a single page or range of pages to print.

Cameron Whetten
Inventor 2014

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[kheist]

Thanks to all for your help. I did try printing both pdf and xps and it printed 1:1 but the sheet alignment tick marks were not in the same locations as when it was printed from Inventor.

[mcgyvr]

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@kheist wrote:

Thanks to all for your help. I did try printing both pdf and xps and it printed 1:1 but the sheet alignment tick marks were not in the same locations as when it was printed from Inventor.

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make sure you have "none" selected for page scaling when you print the PDF.. and a couple other options there that could be messing with it.

[kheist]

I guess my pdf writer isn't good enough. I tried to fix the compression/scaling selections, but it did not fix the problem. Any other thoughts?

[mrattray]

Print to pdf, then do ALL of your actual printing from that pdf. Then there's no inconsistency.

[kheist]

Good point! That would work as well as anything. Thanks again to all!