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How to print a drawing at a 1:1 scale if the drawing is much larger than a regular sheet of paper?
maxence_leboeuf
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I want to print out a scale drawing of this aircraft I have designed, but it is 1.9 meters in wingspan and obviously does not fit on a regular A4 sheet of paper. Is there a way to subdivide it into say a 4x5 grid of sheets to then print out, or at least something to that effect?
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We needed a 1:1 paper template that would span across 5 separate sheets of A1 paper. I added markers to the model which would project onto the drawing, two markers on each overlapping side of the paper, so all the sheets could be aligned using those markers. I numbered the markers as well so they could easily be identified and matched. Then we printed the sheets, cut out the shape, sticky-taped them together, and we had our 1:1 paper template.
Eg. Here's Adobe Acrobat Reader and PDF X-Change Editor:
Me personally, having done this a few times out of necessity, I'd strongly recommend going to a print shop that has a large format printer. For a black and white drawing it's often just $5 or $10 to print a large copy. Cutting and taping 9 sheets of paper together is a HUGE hassle, and not worth the money saved, in my personal experience.