>
> Christopher Wright P.E. wrote:
>
>
> <<Again, I'm a Mac user which is the context for all this. If I want to
> scale a drawing I use the Page Set-up menu selection to scale it to
> my heart's content. That's what I'd call printing to scale. I've
> never noticed if I can scale the hard copy with a ruler or some sort,
> but that's never been an issue for me. If someone else wants to scale
> my printed hard copy, too bad. They should use the specified
> dimensioning. Over here on engineering's dark side, scaling drawings
> is considered bad taste.>>
>
>
>
> Maybe it's a Mac thing. I can't find a page set-up menu.
>
>
>
> All I want, bad taste or not, is to print the D sheets I get from
> architects at 1/8" scale (usually) on 11x17. I'm sick of having D
> sheets all over my desk. But Acrobat will not print at 50%. It only
> prints "fit to page," which is about 44 - 47% when reducing 24x36 to
> 11x17. I don't need to be terribly accurate, but I want to scale
> areas for wind loading, trib, etc quickly...directly off 11x17 with my
> trusty scale.
>
>
>
> I use the CutePdf writer when I make .pdfs, and I can make them to any
> scale, but once they're created I don't know how to use CutePdf to
> plot at some other scale. For example, my deliverables are usually D
> sheets, but for my files and for site visits I want the same thing at
> 50% on 11x17. I've been using an Acrobat plug-in called Mapsoft
> Content Scaler, with which I can scale the entire .pdf and save it as
> a new file, but I have to scale, then crop white space, ... It's a
> pain. This all seems like it should be much simpler; that's why I'm
> convinced I must be missing something.
>
>
>
> Thanks for your thoughts, all of you .pdf users.
>
>
>
>
>
> regards,
>
> Gordon Goodell
>
>
What he said (except that I don't see what value CuteWriter adds to my
Acrobat ability)
Chuck Utzman,P.E.
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