Scale & Size collects practical CAD plotting guidance for this topic within Troubleshooting. Use these articles for setup, verification, troubleshooting and reliable final output.
The drawing prints noticeably smaller than expected even though it looked reasonable in the Layout. Start by identifying exactly where the problem first appears, then test the most likely causes one at a time. This avoids changing a correct drawing to compensate for a PDF, driver or printer problem.
The drawing is oversized, clipped, or extends beyond the expected border when plotted. Start by identifying exactly where the problem first appears, then test the most likely causes one at a time. This avoids changing a correct drawing to compensate for a PDF, driver or printer problem.
A Layout that plotted correctly changes scale or sheet fit after another printer, plotter or PC3 is selected. Start by identifying exactly where the problem first appears, then test the most likely causes one at a time. This avoids changing a correct drawing to compensate for a PDF, driver or printer problem.
Paper Space is configured as a full-size sheet, but the final PDF or physical paper still measures wrong. Start by identifying exactly where the problem first appears, then test the most likely causes one at a time. This avoids changing a correct drawing to compensate for a PDF, driver or printer problem.
Only one viewport on a sheet prints at the wrong model scale while the rest of the Layout is correct. Start by identifying exactly where the problem first appears, then test the most likely causes one at a time. This avoids changing a correct drawing to compensate for a PDF, driver or printer problem.
A graphical scale bar or known dimension does not measure correctly in the generated PDF. Start by identifying exactly where the problem first appears, then test the most likely causes one at a time. This avoids changing a correct drawing to compensate for a PDF, driver or printer problem.
A copied Layout looks similar to the source but plots at a different scale or on a different sheet. Start by identifying exactly where the problem first appears, then test the most likely causes one at a time. This avoids changing a correct drawing to compensate for a PDF, driver or printer problem.
A metric drawing is behaving like an imperial plot, or an imperial drawing is producing unexpected metric-scale output. Start by identifying exactly where the problem first appears, then test the most likely causes one at a time. This avoids changing a correct drawing to compensate for a PDF, driver or printer problem.