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Document Type: TechNote Product(s): Bentley WaterCAD V8i, Bentley WaterGEMS V8i, Bentley HAMMER V8i, Bentley Pondpack V8i, Bentley CivilStorm V8i, Bentley SewerGEMS V8i, Bentley StormCAD V8i, Bentley SewerCAD V8i Version(s): 08.11.XX.XX Original Author: Jesse Dringoli, Bentley Technical Support Group
Document Type: TechNote
Product(s): Bentley WaterCAD V8i, Bentley WaterGEMS V8i, Bentley HAMMER V8i, Bentley Pondpack V8i, Bentley CivilStorm V8i, Bentley SewerGEMS V8i, Bentley StormCAD V8i, Bentley SewerCAD V8i
Version(s): 08.11.XX.XX
Original Author: Jesse Dringoli, Bentley Technical Support Group
This Technote explains how to adjust your layout in order to acheive the best results for a Fit-To-Page printout/plot in the standalone platform of WaterGEMS. These concepts apply to other programs such as WaterCAD, HAMMER, CivilStorm, SewerGEMS, StormCAD, SewerCAD, etc.
Sometimes you may want the plan view of the model network to be fit to one single page when printing. The "Fit to Page" option under File > Print Preview or File > Print will do this, but can sometimes cause unexpected results. For example, consider the following network layout and corresponding fit-to-page print preview:
Notice that the network is small and doesn't take up the whole page. Extra blank space is left on all 4 sides of the model.
The extra blank space on the sides of the network in a fit-to-page printout or print preview is caused by two main factors:
However, even if the model shape closely matches the drawing pane shape (leaving no extra space space on the sides), it may differ from the shape of the paper you need to print it on. So, extra space may still show up in the print preview if the paper size is not in agreement with the drawing pane size.
The first thing you will need to do is get your drawing pane shape to match the model shape as closely as possible. This can be done by docking and resizing windows on the sides, bottom and/or top of the model. Using the example case from the first screenshot in this technote, you could close the EPS results browser at the bottom to make the drawing pane extents taller. You could also dock windows on the left and right sides of the drawing pane, then click and drag the inside edges of those docked windows inward to make the drawing pane size taller.
Now, when you use the fit-to-page print preview, WaterGEMS will no longer be trying to fit extra white space from the drawing pane. So, it will be able to scale the model up more before hitting the sides of the sheet. Therefore, the model will appear larger and more like you might expect:
To get the model to appear even larger, you can remove items from the header/footer and reduce margin size, under the Report menu > Report Options:
Note that even with this optimized layout, a small amount of extra white space is seen in the print preview, on the left and right side of the model. This is because the paper size is slightly wider than the drawing pane. WaterGEMS will not stretch the model horizontally to fill both sides, since the aspect ratio is maintained. Basically as the model is scaled up to fit the page, it's 'bumping' into the top and bottom before it hits the sides. Logically, the only way to fix this would be to choose a different paper size.
In general, the other option you have is to take advantage of one of the other platforms. For example with WaterGEMS, in addition to using the standalone user interface, you can work inside a compatible version of AutoCAD, Microstation or ArcGIS. When integrated with either of those three applications, you can take advantage of their enhanced printing/plotting capabilities to get the printout you desire.
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