bkennedy74 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 HI all. I am a part time user of Chief. I am a GC and use it only when I need to to be honest, and I have a job that is a basic kitchen and 2 bathrooms that I want to send to a layout so I can print it up on large sheets for my workers to show them dimensions, electrical etc. I am having some issues understanding how it works in regards to size and printing. I would be eternally grateful if someone has a few minutes or so to jump on a zoom with me have a look at what I am doing and explain a few things. I went through the video but for some reason I am not able to replicate the video properly. thanks in advance. Kindest Regards, Bret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkennedy74 Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 So I don't need to export these plans to scale, so I uncheck the scale option. I choose send current screen to layout and the size is good depending on how zoomed in I am, but when choose the elevation to send to the layout, I go to the layout page and look at it it is not sharp, it is like it is reduced resolution. Is it a better option to choose 'send as image' ? Can you resize the image on the layout page to fit? and for some reason it is all in black and white see attached screenshot bret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkennedy74 Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 So it does come out a little better, still more crisp, but it is still not in colour, just black and white. See attached Laurie Hancox layout.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Make the little icon over on your right hand tool bar look like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkennedy74 Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 ahh perfect, got my colour back lol. Now for the other parts I am assuming that exporting as image means that when you change something in the plan, that it doesn't update on the layout is that right? If I was to just use the layout, how do you adjust the size of the end result of the plan on the layout page? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 4 minutes ago, bkennedy74 said: I am assuming that exporting as image means that when you change something in the plan, that it doesn't update on the layout is that right? Yes 4 minutes ago, bkennedy74 said: If I was to just use the layout, how do you adjust the size of the end result of the plan on the layout page? Send to layout and use the scale option or if necessary adjust in layout using the "Rescale layout View" tool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH_Canada Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 right click on the layout box, on the context menu there is a rescale option. For most images, you have to stretch the image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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