Matthew Roddy
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Layout scaling for printing

I'm creating 2d templates for my design office to use to draft from our Rhino models. We currently have a robust ACAD setup and I've been able to import a good deal from our ACAD templates into Rhino…Continue

Tags: cplane, scaling, layout, printing

Started Jan 18

 

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Matthew Roddy replied to Simon Mitchell's discussion 2d Printing / Plot Styles
"Okay, that makes sense. We tried editing your script to change layer print widths and that seems to affect blocks logically. We just need to make sure blocks on are the right layers. It also is more similar to ACAD pen tables and that works well for…"
Jan 28
Matthew Roddy replied to Simon Mitchell's discussion 2d Printing / Plot Styles
"Willem, In play with this line weight script, it doesn't seem to affect curves that are blocked. If I insert a block that has lines in it colored for weight, I must insert them either as a group or individual parts. If inserted as a Block, the…"
Jan 22
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Layout scaling for printing

I'm creating 2d templates for my design office to use to draft from our Rhino models. We currently have a robust ACAD setup and I've been able to import a good deal from our ACAD templates into Rhino 5. It looks great and I'm really excited to use Rhino for more of the process.The hiccup comes when printing. We create Ansi D (22x34) sized layouts and then scale them 50% in order to print them 11x17 for review. The template in the print preview scales to the center of the layout but only prints…See More
Jan 18
Matthew Roddy replied to Jonathan Ormrod's discussion Model Layer Control in Layouts
"Jonathan, Try the command, "PrintDisplay". I think that should do want you're needing. Also, a developer, Willem Derks made this PlotStyle script that works brilliant for quickly changing lineweight for different sized prints (A4…"
Jan 18
Matthew Roddy replied to Simon Mitchell's discussion 2d Printing / Plot Styles
"Any progress on this, Mary? Love Rv5 and am working to incorporate it more into my design office to be competitive with ACAD."
Jan 17
Matthew Roddy replied to Simon Mitchell's discussion 2d Printing / Plot Styles
"Wow! That's a great solution for the time being. Thanks for writing that up, Willem!"
Jan 17

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Elliott Bay Design Group
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http://www.ebdg.com/
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OS X
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Marine Design

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