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== Overview ==
A Layout Image contains the final version of your selected pattern pieces as they appear in DetailsDetail Mode. It does not include internal hatch marks, points, or point labels.<br/>
 
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The background size is NOT REQUIRED to be your printer's paper size.<br/>
The background size must be big enough to hold your largest pattern piece.
A multisheet Layout Image is created when the background size can hold your largest pattern piece but can't hold ALL pattern pieces.
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A Layout Image can be printed:
 
* directly from ValentinaSeamly2D<br/>
* to a single sheet of paper if your single sheet Layout Image fits within your printer paper
* across multiple sheets of paper:
** as a tiled PDF if your single sheet Layout Image is bigger than your printer paper,
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== Create a Layout Image ==
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== Print a Layout Image==
* Select '''File/Layout/Print''' if your single or multisheet Layout Image background size fits within your printer paper.
* Select '''File/Layout/Print as Tiled PDF''' if your single sheet Layout Image background size is bigger than your printer paper.
 
''Note: If your multisheet Layout Image background size is bigger than your printer paper, then you should recreate your Layout Image''
 
== Save a Layout Image ==
* Select '''File/Layout/Save as Tiled PDF''' to save your single sheet Layout Image as a tiled PDF. <br/>When you read or print this tiled PDF, your application must import the PDF at 96ppi and the 'Scale to Fit' print option should be de-selected.
* Select '''File/Layout/Export''' to save and export the Layout Image to a '''raster''' (.png, .jpeg) or '''vector''' (.pdf, .hpgl, .eps, .ps, .svg, .dxf) file format.<br/>
When you read or print this tiled PDF, your application must import the PDF at 96ppi and the 'Scale to Fit' print option should be de-selected.
 
Select '''File/Layout/Export''' to save and export the Layout Image to a '''raster''' (.png, .jpeg) or '''vector''' (.pdf, .hpgl, .eps, .ps, .svg, .dxf) file format.<br/>
 
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