UserManual:LayoutMode

Layout Mode

Overview: What's a Layout Image? =

A Layout Image contains the final version of your selected pattern pieces as they appear in Details Mode. It does not include internal hatch marks, points, or point labels.
The 'paper size' of the Layout Image is NOT the paper size in your printer's paper tray.
The 'paper size' is whatever paper has a width larger than your largest pattern piece, and where width x length can hold all your pattern pieces.
The 'paper size' creates the solid background of the Layout Image, and your pattern pieces will be placed within it's borders.

Single sheet Layout Images can be saved and printed as Tiled PDF to paper sheets which are smaller than the Layout Image background size.
Single and multisheet Layout Images can be printed to paper sheets or roll papers which are equal to or larger than the Layout Image background size.

A Layout Image can be printed:

• directly from Valentina
  
• to a single sheet of paper if the paper is large enough to hold the Layout image
  
• across multiple sheets of paper by two methods:
  
  • The Layout Image is created across multiple sheets, because the paper size can contain the largest pattern piece but can't contain all pattern pieces.
    
  • The Layout Image is created as a single sheet and is larger than your printer's paper. File/Layout/Print as Tiled PDF will print the Layout Image across multiple paper sheets.
    

Create a Layout Image

Select the Layout Image background size

Select a Layout Image background size from the paper sizes or create a custom paper size.
The background size is not required to equal the paper size you will print on,
The background paper size must be bigger than the size of the paper in your printer if you will print as tiled PDF.
The background size width must be wide enough to hold your biggest pattern piece, otherwise this error message appears: "Several workpieces left not arranged, but none of them match for paper."

• Sheet paper size:
  • Best for printing multisheet Layout Images. Multisheets are displayed in the righthand column of Layout Mode. (Example: Your multisheet Layout Image is A0 size. You select File/Layout/Print to print to your plotter which uses A0 paper.)
    
• Roll paper size:
  • The width will be the roll paper size, the length will adjust as needed
  • Best option for saving and printing as tiled PDFs. (Example: Your singlesheet Layout Image uses 24" roll size. You select File/Layout/Print as Tiled PDF to print to your desktop printer which uses Letter paper.)
• Custom paper size:
  • Good option for saving and printing as tiled PDFs but requires time to find best width and length.
  • Begin with width and length larger than you need and reduce to find best size

Review Dialog options

Select the correct printer to define corresponding margins in the Layout Image. Select 'Unite pages if possible' to convert multisheet Layout Images into single sheet Layout Images. Multisheet Layout Images cannot be saved and printed as tiled PDFs Select 'Autocrop unused length' to reduce blank pages in tiled PDFs. ut Image as a tiled PDF, and your Layout Image is generated across multiple sheets as shown in the righthand column of Layout Mode, then check the dialog option box to
If there is extra room at the bottom of your Layout Image as shown in the righthand column of Layout Mode, then you can check the dialog option box to 'Autocrop unused length'.

Print a Layout Image

If your single or multisheet Layout Image size matches your printer paper: Select File/Layout/Print If your single sheet Layout Image size is too big for your printer paper: Select File/Layout/Print as Tiled PDF (not for multisheet Layout Images)

Save a Layout Image

Save as Tiled PDF

Select File/Layout/Save as Tiled PDF to save your Layout Image as a tiled PDF.
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.

For all other saving and exporting

Use 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.