Title block customization


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Rob Robinson
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Hi Andi,

Please email the DWG file to techsupport@stardraw.com - we will be happy to take a look at it.

What application was used to create the DWG?  Was it AutoCAD or something else?

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Hi Rob,

I have out my own custom title block (A3) around my schematic drawing. I found how to move the title block. But how can i enlarge the drawing a bit? There is now too much loss of paper and not enough details visible.

When I resize the title block is actually makes the A3 size smaller, which is not what i need. This is visible in the screenshot.

Thank you!



Edited 8 Years Ago by joostjac
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Hi Joost,

The easiest solution will be to resize the title block in the drawing: hold down the Shift key when you resize it to maintain its A3 proportions.  You may think that this is wrong since you're changing the size of the title block, so it can't be A3 anymore, but this is to misunderstand what is actually happening.  The size of the title block is irrelevant, because the whole drawing is scaled to fit the page when you go to print it.  What's important is the proportions of the title block, so always resize the title block, never the drawing.

There is also another solution:

In your custom title block there is a layer called Title Block Drawing Area (it is hidden by default).  On this layer there is a single rectangle.  This rectangle is used to define the area occupied by the drawing and, therefore, the scaling factor to apply to the title block when it is inserted.

In the title block template you could increase the size of this rectangle so that it fills the whole page, then re-insert the title block around the drawing.

Your custom title block is unusual because it has white space on 2 sides of the title area; most title areas occupy the whole of one edge of the title block.  For the drawing in the screenshot this solution will work because there is nothing in the bottom right corner of the drawing, but in some drawings this solution might mean that your drawing overlaps the title area.  In this case you should use the first solution to 'tweak' the size and position of the title block.

I hope this is helpful.

Kind regards,
Rob Robinson
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Hi Rob,

Thanks for your reply.

The Draw Area I have found and changed. That works better already.

The resizing together with shift locks indeed the ratio of the Title block. Although when I want to print the drawing it looks like the drawing is still smaller then A3 size.

Whats going wrong? 

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/12814418_995521647183951_2530114652678793139_n.jpg?oh=c9616aeb0bafbc034bcbe1cd6e7bc420&oe=5762010F

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Hi Joost,

The screengrab looks like the printer driver is returning the wrong margins, or perhaps there are objects in the drawing outside of the title block.

To see the extents of the objects in the drawing use Ctrl+A - this will show red handles around the whole drawing.  If the handles are outside the title block there are some objects that should be deleted.

If the drawing extents look correct, try using CutePDF (www.cutepdf.com) as an alternative PDF writer. 

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Rob Robinson
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Hi!

I've edited a title block, no problems on that, but on PDF export, the company logo goes more or less blurry. Of course it depends on the sheet size, but whatsoever it doesn't keep sharp. Logo is placed on Title block layer.
On the SD7 the logo remains sharp until extreme zoom in. I tried also importing the image on the design instead of title block and tried different formats and different images, they all go blurry.

Any advice on this?
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Export to PDF is a fairly basic function with no assignable options.  The effect you describe is a result of downsampling the image to a low resolution (dpi) setting which is optimized for filesize.

To generate PDFs and access document settings we recommend using a third party PDF Writer; many are available and one such is CutePDF - this is a free utility that manifests as a printer (so you can print from any application to PDF) and it includes advanced settings such as image resolution (Graphic | Print Quality) with options from 72dpi up to 4000dpi.  You should find that image sampling to 300dpi or 600dpi suits your purposes.

I hope this is helpful.

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Rob Robinson
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Thanks Rob!

I'll try 3rd party PDF printers.

Regards,
Antti
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Hi Rob,

Thankyou.

There was indeed an object outside the print area.

Now it works fine.

Thanks!
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Hi Rob,


Since update to 7.2 im not able anymore to resize my title block. Is this coincidence of am I doing some wrong?


If ill try to resize at the corners of my title block, it only moves.

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