Problem with altium output job pdf sizing - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: sdguy12
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 17, 2015, 05:30:48 pm
content: I recently got a new computer and installed altium 14. I started having problems with the pdf sizing when I output things like drill drawings and schematics from the outjob file. I've attached 2 pdfs, one is the output from altium through the output jobs file and the other is just printing to a pdf. I have the fit to document setting picked in the page setup dialogue. I don't want to have to use the print to pdf everytime, that's the whole reason I use the output job file. Any thoughts on why this is happening? I've tried searching google, but I can't find anythinghttps://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/bangheadonwall.gifIs it the computer? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 17, 2015, 05:57:19 pm
content: Reset the view to 'page' as opposed to a given coordinate

author: sdguy12
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 18, 2015, 05:18:37 pm
content: Where do I do that? I have the output container for the pdf set to source document when it does the pdf sizing and when I right click and select page setup from the job file for something like drill drawing, I have the printer paper set to letter and scaling set to fit document on page. Sorry, I'm still kind of new to altium.

author: Christe4nM
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 19, 2015, 04:55:15 pm
content: I have Altium 15 and 16, so I don't know if this was changed between 14 and 15/16. Still here is what I found:1) The PDF output page size and oriëntationIn the output job, on the right-hand side you have the PDF 'output container'.- If you select it (click on it) you see "change" and "remove" in the top right corner of the selection.- Click "Change"; a new window opens with the PDF settings- Bottom right corner there are three buttons: Advanced, OK, Cancel. Click "Advanced"- Bottom left of the settings is called "page size and orientation". For both the Schematic and PCB output you can select either to use the Source Document size and orientation, or whatever you select in the page setup dialog.I have mine set to "Source Document" as I want my PDFs in that size. Also, if I remember correctly, when it comes to the page setup dialog, Altium looks at your printer driver and settings to determine which page sizes it presents. I have a printer that does A4 only. Still I like my PDFs at A3 or larger. That's why I bypassed the page setup dialog and setup my schematic templates at the size I want.2) Output scaling- In the output job, right click on your document and from the drop-down menu select "page setup" (second to last in my case)- A new window opens. Top left in that window you have the "page setup dialog"-settings for page size and orientation.- Top left you see the "Scaling". In my case it's set to "Fit document on page." for schematics and I use "Scale: 1.00" for PCB output.Hope this helps

author: sdguy12
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 19, 2015, 08:24:56 pm
content: Thank you very much!! That fixed the problem.