[solved] PDF export and printing in 1:1 scale

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Ingallpeter
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[solved] PDF export and printing in 1:1 scale

Post by Ingallpeter » Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:43 pm

Hi, I am a retired engineer, my hobby for years has been forging knives and swords, damascus steels, etc.
I have written three books which are distributed free of charge in PDF.

I have 250+ detailed Qcad drawings of knives, machetes, axes, etc. The craftsmen ask me for the plans but I have had problems with sending them PDF exported from Qcad.

Which is the best way to do it so they can print in 1:1 scale on several A4 pages.

I use A3 format as standard but many times I have to scale up to 50% for framing.
Thank you very much

Marcelo San Pedro

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andrew
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Re: PDF export and printing in 1:1 scale

Post by andrew » Wed Mar 22, 2023 5:05 pm

You can choose to print (or export to PDF) a drawing on multiple pages:
Edit > Drawing Preferences > Printing > Multi Pages

See also:
https://www.qcad.org/en/tutorial-printing

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Re: PDF export and printing in 1:1 scale

Post by Ingallpeter » Thu Mar 23, 2023 7:36 pm

Thanks Andrew.

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