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  • in reply to: Adding custom paper size to the list #1792
    xiloetekllc
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    Is there a way to add custom paper size to the list of paper sizes? I use PDF24 with AutoCAD and I need to print different layouts with different custom page setups. If I use the PostScript Custom Page Size I can use just one custom size. I need the page size to be set for each layout so that I can batch print all my layouts. Any help would be appreciated!

    I am also having difficulty with large formats such as ANSI, ARCH and A series paper sizes not working well with landscape and AutoCAD plots. Please help us large format users. The large formats should really be landscape by default if both portrait and landscape versions cannot be preset from the beginning. Offering the "portrait/landscape" toggle will not cut it from an AutoCAD perspective. AutoCAD never plays well with auto-rotate settings. If the paper size is defined from the beginning as being landscape with the width being the longest dimension, then AutoCAD will typically accept the paper size better. The autocad .PC3 print setting files can also pull in and modify these "default" landscape paper sizes for the larger formats. I hope this info helps with making PDF24 the ultimate virtual printer gizmo in the universe. Keep up the great work!

    PS - AutoCAD users will be your cult following and will evangelize everyone about PDF24 if we can get this large format issue working properly for PDF plots. Thanks!

    in reply to: Adding custom paper size to the list #1791
    xiloetekllc
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    Is there a way to add custom paper size to the list of paper sizes? I use PDF24 with AutoCAD and I need to print different layouts with different custom page setups. If I use the PostScript Custom Page Size I can use just one custom size. I need the page size to be set for each layout so that I can batch print all my layouts. Any help would be appreciated!

    I am also having difficulty with large formats such as ANSI, ARCH and A series paper sizes not working well with landscape and AutoCAD plots. Please help us large format users. The large formats should really be landscape by default if both portrait and landscape versions cannot be preset from the beginning. Offering the "portrait/landscape" toggle will not cut it from an AutoCAD perspective. AutoCAD never plays well with auto-rotate settings. If the paper size is defined from the beginning as being landscape with the width being the longest dimension, then AutoCAD will typically accept the paper size better. The autocad .PC3 print setting files can also pull in and modify these "default" landscape paper sizes for the larger formats. I hope this info helps with making PDF24 the ultimate virtual printer gizmo in the universe. Keep up the great work!

    in reply to: Feedback #1340
    xiloetekllc
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    Hi,

    I've been using PDF 24 for a while now (in the US) and would like to share some feedback.

    It would be really great if we could add the most popular US paper sizes or have a way to customize our own list so when we install it on several PCs, they all get those paper sizes. It is a little annoying to have to use the custom postscript page for every single plot/print.

    Also when creating a PDF, I wish that the default setting "Auto-rotate pages" was set to "None" by default, or at least I'd love to have a way to change the default prior to installing on multiple PCs. When I'm plotting 30" high x 42" wide plots and saving the PDF, it keeps rotating my sheets which I don't want. Forcing this to "None" solves the issue but we have to do it every single time (and it gets old!).

    Thanks for listening and keep up the great work!

    I second the motion to have auto-rotate option set to "none" by default.

    in reply to: Configuring PDF24 for AutoCAD 2011 #1355
    xiloetekllc
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    Is there a way to configure PDF24 to show ANSI and ARCH paper sizes for AutoCAD?

    I need these paper series as well as the A series. I also need these large formats in landscape versions as well. PDF24 is awesome and will be perfect when these large formats are handled correctly. Thank you!

    in reply to: Custom Page Sizes #1415
    xiloetekllc
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    Please try the latest version 7.9.0. This version should fix your problem.

    I am using version 8.2.0 and the same thing is happening to me. It seems that all large format pages are not working correctly. Try setting your page size to A1 and then plotting a test print. Only a letter size pdf gets generated. I work in large formats for cad and design work. It would really be great to be able to use the larger formats. Also, there are no landscape versions of the A series paper. Not sure about landscape on ARCH and ANSI series, but I will need these.

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