When I use the CTRL P and Print current view commands, I’d like for
the print to fill the page (at least to the margins).
Any way to adjust this?
Thanks!
You can make the SketchUp application window’s shape conform to the print area shape of your printer and then zoom in so that your model fills the window. What SketchUp prints is essentially a screenshot. You get more control if you use the LayOut application.
hello,
normally, when you use the print this way, sketchup auto-centers your model. Were you editing a group or a component, having the rest of the model hidden when you printed ?
It could also mean you have other entities that are outside your view, and sketchup doesn’t auto-centers if it is cropped in any way. First hide what’s outside your view and it’ll be centered again. Or adjust the view just like Anssi suggested
Personnaly, I always use the file > export 2D and first make it a jpg, you have more controls over image quality (resolution) and line scale. Also it will always match what you have on screen
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It was the only model, and I had it zoomed in.
Guess it’s time for me to learn Layout - thanks!
View was zoomed in…
Will try the Save as feature, since it sounds one step faster than using Layout.
Thanks Paul!
Another trick is view the application not maximized so you can size the window of SketchUp. Then size the window to as close as you can to 8.5 x11 then zoom the view of the object in SketchUp you want to print to fill the screen (and even a little off the edge I find works). Then when you control+p it captures a better screen grab of what you want. Layout is for sure a more precise print option, but I find this trick helps in SketchUp only options. Cheers
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I’m going to try this workaround. Thanks!