When using autocad 14 how do I make a print off of a drawing of a flange. I want to print it off full size at a 1:1 scale onto an A4 sheet in order to use it as a template to make a gasket. I know there are other ways of making a gasket etc but this is specifically an autocad question.

in model space go into print manager set it to print to the printer youre wanting to print to and to the a4 paper size then set a window around your flange set the scale to 1:1 and apply and then print

in paper space you'll need set the printer and paper size and then maximise the viewport to fit in the margins of the selected paper. then double click inside the viewport and type

z (and then enter)
1:1xp (and then enter)

this will then set the zoom level to 1:1

then type ps (paper space) or double click outside the viewport and you can then print

the other way to make sure the scale is correct is to select the viewport and right click to bring up properties and one of the propety fields will be scale which obviusly needs to be 1:1

Wooo hoo many many thanks Jos.

Can i add, that the scale may not want to be 1:1. What you should do first is add two reference dimensions to the drawing, one width and one height, then print it at 1:1. When its printed off, measure the two dimensions, if they are spot on then print it off again without the dimensions on it. But what is more likely to happen is the print will be a 'bit out'. ie, a 50mm dimension may actually be 52mm, so the print scale needs adjusting. Our printer at work needs approx 1:1.05 to be as close as possible.

Hope that helps.

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Can i add, that the scale may not want to be 1:1. What you should do first is add two reference dimensions to the drawing, one width and one height, then print it at 1:1. When its printed off, measure the two dimensions, if they are spot on then print it off again without the dimensions on it. But what is more likely to happen is the print will be a 'bit out'. ie, a 50mm dimension may actually be 52mm, so the print scale needs adjusting. Our printer at work needs approx 1:1.05 to be as close as possible.

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be careful with printing 1:1 as people have said

i have printed out a 117 pcd circle on all our printers in work specifically to see how accurate they were.

the laser printers are the worst whilst the super expensive A0 HP inkjet plotter we have had almost un-measurable errors, very impressive

Keep it simple.
In model space draw a rectangle 297,210
thats your A4 sheet.
within the rectangle draw your gasket.
press print.
select your printer.
select your paper size=A4.
at the 'what to print' button, click window.
select the bottom left corner of your rectangle.
select the top right corner of your rectangle.
make sure the orientation is set to landscape.
set the plot scale to 1=1.
click print.