dgmaccoon

Thank you for the reply. Very good thought. This solved my problem! Thank you, thank you!

I'm fairly new to AD and loving it! I've been designing patterns for a messenger bag to be made of leather and, before I knew how to use artboards, had separate documents for various bag parts (e.g., front, inside pocket). I designed a strap, for example, that will be riveted onto a pocket. The strap is in one file and the pocket in another. They are all drawn actual size. But, when I copy the strap to paste it onto the pocket, the strap appears huge compared to the pocket. I fear I may be missing something obvious but I don't know what it is. I've made sure both documents have the same print page size (A4) and made sure the units are the same between documents. Nevertheless, an object this is 11.733 inches in one document pastes into the other document at 33.665 inches. Thank you in advance for your help! --- AD 1.4 Mac OS 10.11.1

Good idea. Thanks so much!

Thank you for the help! My best success so far is to split my image manually across different art boards and print those with my own hash marks so I can tape the pages together. I will continue to explore about export persona as well! Thank you!

I still have not had a final answer to this. Still hoping.

Thank you so much for the reply. Sounds promising. Searches in Affinity help for "Scaling" and "artboards" comes up empty. I don't see anything like that in my print menu or under document setup. Sorry if I'm missing something obvious. Also, in terms of selecting the correct page size, I'm not sure what you mean. My printer has 8.5 x 11, for example. But my canvas needs to be much larger, say 20" x 20", to accomodate the size of the pattern. If I reduce my page size, Designer cannot hold the pattern. Finally, designer does automatically split up the pattern across multiple pages but the margins take out parts of the pattern which are not continued on the next page. In other words, a 14" line crossing 2 pages will be shorter by the amount of the margins. What I'd like is designer to print all of the design, taking into account the margins. Thanks so much for your patience and help with this. It really is the only thing I need that I can't seem to work out.

I'm loving this program! However, I am creating patterns that are too large for one page and I only have a printer that goes to legal size paper. I'm hoping there is a way to have designer print across multiple pages. Then, I will line up the pages using a light box, tape them together and proceed. I have searched forums and help to no avail. Perhaps I just don't know the right terms to search for. Any help appreciated.