Sketchup print to scale on one page how to#
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Under Print Scale, change the value for In Drawing to 1/8″ and the value for In Model to 1′. In the Document Setup dialog, uncheck Fit View to Page. In the top menu, click on File and then Document Setup. Next we’re going to change the print scale of the drawing. We need to resize our model window so that there is as little white space as possible around the perimeter of the drawing in order to get it to fit on a letter size piece of paper.įrom the bottom right hand corner of your window, drag your mouse to resize the window until your drawing fills the entire window.

We’re almost ready to print our drawing, but before we move on, I think it’s important to note that SketchUp will print everything you see in the modeling window including all of the white space around your drawing. If you want your bar scale to look more like a traditional bar scale, you can use the paint bucket tool to change the colors to black and white.Ĭlose the color picker and click Zoom Extents so that you can see your entire drawing on the screen.

Next to the 6″ square, draw a 12″ x 6″ rectangle, then a 24″ x 6″ rectangle and a 48″ x 6″ rectangle. Without clicking again, type 6″,6″ and hit enter. That means that the next point you’re about to click is lined up with that green point along the red axis.Ĭlick once and drag your mouse to the upper right. Start dragging your mouse to the right, and you should see a red dotted line. Click on the rectangle tool and hover your mouse over the point at the corner. I’m going to zoom into the lower right-hand corner of one of my walls. I am planning to print this drawing out to use as a starting point for taking my field measurements, so before I print it, I want to add a bar scale for reference. You can now use this style again in the future.

Sketchup print to scale on one page update#

Finally, click on the icon for the style in the top left to update the style with the new settings. Then uncheck the button next to Model Axes. Click on the blue shaded box to edit the Modeling Settings. When you click edit, there are several different menus available with various settings that you can edit. This will bring up the different settings for the style, which we can edit to create our new custom style. Type in the new name at the top of the Styles window and then click on the Edit button in the center. We’re going to save a new style called Orthographic Drawing Style and edit it to be more printer friendly. I am going to switch to the Shaded with Textures, which has a nice white background. Your current style will depend on which template you started with or if you previously selected a style. In the center, there will be a drop down menu. To open the Styles window, click on Window in the top menu and then select Styles. Now we’re ready to modify the drawing style. Go ahead and delete it and then click Zoom Extents again. That is the standard person that all SketchUp drawing start out with. You’ll see that the blueZ-axis disappears and the drawing appears to flatten out.ĭown at the bottom of the screen, you may see a little diagonal. Since we want to print an orthographic drawing to scale, we need to flatten the perspective.Ĭlick Camera in the top menu and then select Parallel Projection from the drop down. The blue line represents the Z axis (up and down) and tells us that we are still in a perspective view. You should be able to see three axes – red, green and blue. Make sure you are oriented to the top view by selecting Camera from the top menu, then Standard Views from the drop down menu and then top.Ĭlick the Zoom Extents button to make sure you can see your entire drawing. I’ve made the tutorial available as a video and included the step by step instructions below.įirst, open up the floor plan drawing that you wish to print to scale.

Sketchup print to scale on one page how to#

Today we’re going to learn how to print that basic plan to scale so that we can use it as a starting point for taking our field measurements. In our last tutorial, we learned how to draw a floor plan of a house to scale using the image found on the assessor’s page for the property.