Hi @all

when i exporting to the PDF-Format the data are partielly shown in the PDF-document and shifted
by a half in x and y. Only the option "preserve units" generate this problem. With "Fit to page" are the results perfect.

Have anyone a soluton for this problem?
Thanks for your time :)


Best regards
Jörg

Hi Jörg - when you use the "preserve units" option for PDF export, MoI will only do some minimal processing of the coordinates so the conversion process can be directly controlled by yourself. To use this mode you will need to place your objects in the appropriate positions so that when converted into the PDF coordinate system they will be visible on the printed page. You could do something like draw in a rectangle of your expected PDF page size in the MoI model so you could have a better idea of what area in MoI's space maps to the page.

But if all you want is to have output that fits onto the page, just use the "Fit to page" option, which automatically scales and positions the output so that it is visible within the output page. If you do not need to have more specific control over preserving physical sizes then just using "Fit to page" should do what you want.


> Have anyone a soluton for this problem?

Well if "fit to page" does what you need, the solution is to just use that option rather than "preserve units".

You only need to use "preserve units" if you are going to be doing some kind of special process on the PDF output, like cutting out a printed pattern and you need to specifically control the exact size of printed objects.

- Michael

Hi Michael,

thank you for your fast response.
I'm not sure if i undestand it correctly.

I'm place the data (working in mm) in the upper right area from the origin point on the grid (from 0 to x=210 and Y=297 or any other formats)
The result isn't an DIN A4. The result is 215,9x279,4 mm. I want use the entire space of an Din A4 document. Is this possible?

We need to use the option "preserve units" to measure cut and design graphics on to the PDF-document as base.


Jörg

Hi Jörg, your problem probably has to do with the paper size set in the PDF file that Moi generates. Currently MoI will only generate a paper size of a US letter size (8.5 by 11 inches).

If you want to print an A4 size instead, you will need to edit the paper size in the PDF file, you can do that by opening it in a 2D vector editing program like Adobe Illustrator for example. Open it up there, change the sheet size and then the content that is currently running off the edge of the 8.5x11 inch paper size should then be visible.

Some more info in this other thread here:
http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=6522.1

At the bottom of the above thread is a link to a command line utility that can be used to modify the page size instead of doing it in Illustrator.

In the future I want to make it possible to set the page size as an option when you generate the PDF file. Since the PDF generation is a pretty new feature it is more oriented currently towards just generating the vectors as the main priority for now.

- Michael