From the course: SOLIDWORKS: Advanced Engineering Drawings

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- Once you do have your drawing created and all of your geometry looks great. You've updated your revision block. You've updated your title block. Your notes are all looking great. You have to share this with someone. Now if you're not going to share the native solid work strong which I typically don't do, you're either going to save it out as a PDF or you're going to print it. And when you're printing this drawing, this is where a lot of people struggle because they'll go and try to print their drawing and it doesn't come out the right size over and over again. Here's a couple tips for getting all your print settings right. And your print to PDF settings right, as well. So, first thing to note, what is the size of the paper I'm working on? This is a B size paper which means it's an 11 inches tall by 17 inches long. I'm going to go up to file, and page set up, now already off the top., we have an issue. If I go…

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