.pdf plotting in 2008 Help

[jarod.tulanowski]

I know this is like chassing your tail. but I just want to for some crazy reason to use the built in .pdf writer that comes with Acad 2008. I try and I try and I still get some crazy things. For example I tried to print a 24x36 and it previews corectly but it offsets it (which crops the print) about 3/4" up and 3/4" to the right. I keep messing with the print margins and I manage to get it to preview badly but it prints ok. is there a procedure that will point me in the right direction to get both of them correct.

P.S. dont get me started on 30 x 42 prints haha

Thanks in advance

[gandocadguy]

In my experiance, the PDF driver in AutoCAD can not have 0 margins. I've found manually setting your X/Y offsets to offset your plot to the negative of these margins results in a correct plot but and incorrect preview. Frustrating but it works.

[jarod.tulanowski]

you are kidding hasnt this been out since 2007??? seems like Autodesk would fix this kind of issue

[gandocadguy]

Sadly I'm not kidding. Other PDF drivers including the actual Adobe driver have other issues. The adobe driver plots wipeouts black and also must have a margin though it can be very small.

[jarod.tulanowski]

not to be lazy but do you have any of the quadrants to share for the 24x36 and the 30x42 sheets?

[gandocadguy]

They won't be of much help. It varies by title block sometimes. Depending on if there is text eblow the line, how big the titleblocks margins are. Etc.