Cannot print exact scale

[Fusion24A]

I work with Fusion 360 on a new iMac. 

Today I've made a drawing ment to print out on a 1:1 scale to use as an overlay on the real item.

But when printing (either as PDF or else) I cannot get it to print at the exact scale. I can change the percentage of printing but when at 100% it's not exact 1:1 it's a few mm off ( on a total of 180mm) so I've adjusted to 101% and 102% but both just not fit exactly. I would have to print at 101,5% to be exact. But this is not possible. Why isn't the output printed correctly? And more important what else can I do?

Best regards Rob

[ClintBrown3D]

HI @rkward 

Thanks for reaching out. I saw your message and would be happy to connect via Zoom to discuss the problem you are facing. I think it would be helpful for me to get a more in-depth understanding of the issue by seeing it first-hand.

If you're up for it, here is a link to my calendar, please book a session with me, and we can chat on Zoom.

(note times are in 24:00 format so 03:00 is 3am, 15:00 is 3pm).  

[ClintBrown3D · Accepted solution]

For everyone else on this feed, if you are experiencing any issues with print scaling, please reach out to me. Here is a link to my calendar, please book a 30-minute session with me, and we can chat on Zoom. Or if a good old-fashioned email is more your style, feel free to ping me Clint. Brown {a} Autodesk.com. If you want to know what else we are working on, keep an eye on the public roadmap here.

[rkward]

I scheduled an appointment for Thursday just hoping we could address the issue sooner, but there really is not much to explain.  Having been and AutoCAD user since 1988 and and being familiar with Fusion360 for about 3.5 years, I think I'm pretty comfortable knowing my way around, especially AutoCAD.  I'm used to scaling objects within a drawing and using the printer output to either fit or scale 1:1 with ease.  So I'm not quite sure why Fusion360 is not working other than it must be something within the code itself, since my/the settings are pretty straightforward.  Using 1:1 does not produce prints as expected and requires the ratios I listed in my previous post to get it to work, so although surprising the ratio adjustment is required, it does work for me.  Also, I'm using the same HP Laser printer for both AutoCAD and Fusion360 and no other drivers or scaling in between.

An update from our Zoom meeting:

As it turned out, the/my problem ended up being the "Drawing Scale" was set to something other than 1:1 which I was having to rescale by using a something other than 1:1 in the print settings. It was apparently something I had done while trying to get the drawing to work in a previous version and the setting carried over. Now that the A size drawing is scaled to 1:1 AND the print setting is set to 1:1, I actually get 1:1 on the page. Hope this is useful to any others who may have similar issues in the future.

[rkward]

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[Niels.Skopei]

This is still not working for me. Today tried a thousand options, download different pdf reader, printed directly from Fusion. Checked that print settings are 1:1, 100% scale, drawing scale is 1:1, what else is there?

Any solution or help is much appreciated.

[ClintBrown3D]

Hi @Niels.Skopei 

I'm sorry to hear that you are having trouble. Please have a look at this article that shows how you can calibrate your printer: https://clintbrown.co.uk/2021/04/08/fusion-360-calibrating-11-prints/