Does Revit see printer margins?

[iandidesign]

Hi,
Noob question: Can Revit access and use my printer’s margins when setting up sheets and titleblocks? In ArchiCAD there is an option to Import Settings from Printer/Plotter that accurately returns the margins and sets the sheet extents to match the printable area. It’s very handy. In fact I used it to get the printable area to use when building a titleblock in Revit because I couldn’t find anything similar. Am I missing something? Thanks.

[patricks]

So are you just wanting to try to maximize the area of your title block?

Our office title block just has the top and bottom margins at 13/16", the right side margin at 11/16", and the left side (bound) margin at 1 3/16". It worked fine on our old HP DesignJet plotter, and it also works fine on our Oce TDS600 plotter and Canon color inkjet plotter.

[iandidesign]

Late thanks. I’ve had my head down with a deadline.

I printed a pattern and measured the printable area, evened things out a bit and added to the binding side. Not hard, just a bit primitive compared to other apps that can talk to printers directly.

Cheers!

[patricks]

I'm still not sure why you were having trouble.

Is it because you were trying to get the largest titleblock possible that would fit within your printer's margins?

[iandidesign]

Yes, and see the actual available printable area. It was not hard to figure out so I can’t say I actually had ‘trouble’, I’m just surprised that it’s not a built-in feature as I’ve come to expect it from most any professional graphics program. Maybe it’s a Mac thing.

[tomnewsom]

Heck, this has been in Autocad since I can remember. Printing functions could definitely do with some love in Revit.