Questions for some experts. I am using V16 TFP
When I print to my PDF printer PDF Factory Pro and Adobe PDF Printer) the floor plan is incomplete and the lines are broken a little. Real poor quality. If I export the file as a .dfx to Autocad and then print from Autocad they are perfect.
I have show line weights checked and print all colors as black .... same result printing from TFP to the PDF.
I also changed my line weights to a heavier line ... same results.
What is causing this?????
Second issue. How to maintain a scale on the drawing. I have it set at 1/4" = 1 ft. When I print the file and then import it to Autocad it is huge ... not even close to scale.
I printed it to a PDF yesterday (poor quality) and took it to a commercial service. They enlarged it for a standard ANSI D sheet and plotted it ... scale is all screwed up if you measure on the plotted drawing. How do I output a proper file so that when it is plotted it is accurate on scale?
Third question: How can I combine (without doing pictures and such) the floor plan with 4 elevations all on a single sheet of paper?
Thanks very much for the help ... I need it!!
Questions one and two will probably both be solved by setting the PDF printer to 300 DPI (dots per inch). Some PDF printers default to 600 DPI and this results in line and scale problems.
Your third question will be answered in this post: http://forums.turbofloorplan.com/index.php/topic,877.0.html (http://forums.turbofloorplan.com/index.php/topic,877.0.html) and specifically the PDF document attached to that post. Simply put this is something the TFP is not set up to do, since it is really designed for 3D visualisation, but because you can product the elevations and sections etc, you can export them and then import and position them alongside each other in a new blank project. The post referred to above will explain the details, but ask again if anything is not clear.
Allan
OK ... thanks and I will investigate.