blackjack Posted July 25, 2003 Report Share Posted July 25, 2003 ive downloaded the plans for the LPjr from guitarbuild.com, but i cant work out how to print them in full size, they are printed so small you cannot see them at all. oh and im using volo view. anyone know how to make them print full size? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHowell Posted July 25, 2003 Report Share Posted July 25, 2003 It could be that you have not got your units set correctly. The drawings on the guitar build site which is in Europe are probably in metric: 1 inch = 25.4 mm so depending on your CAD settings you could end up with a drawing 25 times smaller or larger! I use TurboCad (they have a Learning addition available for free and a cut down version 6.5 for free as well)I follow this procedure when I have the problem you are experiencing: 1) Load the drawing and measure the scale length displayed. 2) Then scale the drawing up or down to fit the scale length as designed. 3) then print the drawing with a 1:1 scale Is there no scale option in your CAD package in the print options? Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted July 25, 2003 Report Share Posted July 25, 2003 HI. I use volo view and I just inlarge the image until its the desired size I don't use the full size drawings, well some times i do but the I just measure a single fret on the screen and compear it to one of the same scale length . I don't know If this will help.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjack Posted July 25, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2003 thanks keith, i set to cm and it was the correct size. sorry to be a pain in the ass, but i have another problem. now its the correct size it is obviously bigger than one A4 sheet of paper. i cant work out how to get the whole image to print accross multiple sheets so i can stick them togather to make a full sized plan. thanks for your time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjack Posted July 26, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2003 sorry to bother you guys, but im stil lnot getting the thing to scale to the correct size or print accross multiple pages. volo view is a bit of a pain the ass, is theer something better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 26, 2003 Report Share Posted July 26, 2003 Would there be anyway you could put it in a format on a floppy, that is compatable with a local print shop so they could do it for you on a single sheet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjack Posted July 27, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 its okay, ive managed to print it full sized using turbocad i still need to cut the margins off and stick the pieces togather, but it will be okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHowell Posted July 29, 2003 Report Share Posted July 29, 2003 If you need to take it to a print shop the output format to use is either DXF interchange format from AutoCad or the DWG Autocad format which seems to be an interchange format as well these days. I also use TurboCad with great success. I have both the free ver6.5 and the Learning edition. 6.5 is a very cut down version. Get the LE if you want to do any design work. I recently completed an ES335 drawing which is on guitarbuild.com Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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