Printing to scale with a border

This is the procedure I have worked out:
1. Draw the border.
1a. The border has to be centered within the finished page, or this will not work.
1b. For my current small page, I am using a 10" x 7.5" border, which is half an inch within a US "letter size" page.
1c. There must be nothing outside the border, or LibreCAD will use it to center the page, rather than the border.
2. Select print preview. This will produce a preview centered to the page, and scaled so that the border is as large as possible.
3. Set the scale and check "fixed."
4. Press the center button.
5. Print.

Great!

Please add your findings to our wiki.librecad.org , user manual sounds good.

rfritz wrote

This is the procedure I have worked out:
1. Draw the border.
1a. The border has to be centered within the finished page, or this will not work.
1b. For my current small page, I am using a 10" x 7.5" border, which is half an inch within a US "letter size" page.
1c. There must be nothing outside the border, or LibreCAD will use it to center the page, rather than the border.
2. Select print preview. This will produce a preview centered to the page, and scaled so that the border is as large as possible.
3. Set the scale and check "fixed."
4. Press the center button.
5. Print.

I'm waiting for you to approve my membership application over there.

I've added it to a new page called "Tips and Techniques," rather than to the user manual. This is my preferred place for it, but I am perfectly willing to move it if asked.

Thanks again!

"Tips and Techniques" is the right place to me.

rfritz wrote

I've added it to a new page called "Tips and Techniques," rather than to the user manual. This is my preferred place for it, but I am perfectly willing to move it if asked.