Can someone give me some guidance here? I would like to make a cribbage board and design it in Sketchup. I would then like to print the top view so I can use it as a template to drill all the holes evenly. The issue is two fold:
1) when I print (even if the dimensions were smaller than an 8.5″ x 11″ piece of paper) it is on several pages and there seems to be a small margin left so lining up and taping a template together is difficult.
2) how do you print to scale so you can use the paper as a template.
Thanks in advance.
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Mac*:
In the Camera menu, choose "Parallel Projection."
In the Camera menu, choose, "Standard" > "Top" (or some other standard view).
Arrange the drawing window so that your drawing pretty much fills the window.
In the File menu, choose "Document Setup."
In the Document Setup window, uncheck "Fit View To Page," then set Print Scale "In Drawing" to 1 inch and Print Scale "In Model" to 1 inch (or whatever scale suits you). Click "OK."
In the File menu, choose "Print."
Windows:
In the Camera menu, choose "Parallel Projection."
In the Camera menu, choose, "Standard" > "Top" (or some other standard view).
Arrange the drawing window so that your drawing pretty much fills the window.
In the File menu, choose "Print."
In the Print window, uncheck "Fit View to Page," then set Print Scale "In Drawing" to 1 inch and Print Scale "In Model" to 1 inch (or whatever scale suits you).
Click "OK."
*I find when I print to scale on my Mac that a tiled image doesn't print correctly. YMMV.
--Whit
Thanks. I think the issue was that I unchecked the "Fit to Page" and set the "Scale" to 1:1 but never unchecked the "Use Model Extents". Seems to work now though.
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