creat a leagle size layout template in chief architect

The largest actual paper HD PRO prints to is 18' x 24' paper, so in order to print to 24' x 36' at a scale of 1/4' requires some additional steps. No Home Designer software has the capability to print directly to 24' x 36' paper. The plan view seems to fill the expected size with that scale, but the layout boarder is too small for my larger size paper. This is where it really doesn't look right in my layout. I guess I can resize it by dragging the handles, but these is a tedious process.Ĥ) Then I select my plan view tab again and choose 'File->Send to layout' with scaling at 1/4' to 1ft.

This makes my sheet the size I want, but the layout border appears to be too small now. This step is where I think I'm doing something wrong as the the border displayed around the layout seems to be too small for my plan view - leaves larger than desired margins so it doesn't really fill a 24' x 36' sheet of paper enough.ģ) I then select 'File->Print->Drawing Sheet Setup' and select 'ARCH D (24' x 36') as my new drawing sheet (drawing scale is 1' = 1'). Then I save the layout file with same name as plan (with layout extension) in the same directory. I did the following mostly based on what I learned in HDP video tutorial labeled 'Layouts'.ġ) I opened my plan view that I wish to export to layout.Ģ) Then, under 'File->Print->Custom Sheet Sizes' I created one of size ARCH D (24' x 36') - this was not included in the tutorial.ģ) I select 'File->New plan layout' and it creates a blank layout. But the default layout file seems to place my layout framing border (not sure that's the term for it) at something much smaller than needed in a 24' x 36' sheet size. I have a floor plan that I want printed to a ARCH D (24' x 36') blueprint sheet using a scale of 1/4' to 1ft. So I hope I'm not confusing things by starting new post on a similar subject. Sorry, but after searching the forum, I found a post named 'Layout Template' was seemed to fit my question but I really didn't follow what's been discussed there.

Creat a leagle size layout template in chief architect