Help please?

Hey guys.
I have a CAD file for the 747-400 cockpit shell, kindly sent to me by Phil (Phil744), I want to use the drawing as a templete to cut out the ribs and spars to build the shell, usually I print it off on paper to scale and cut it out, use it as a template etc, but obviously I cant print print out an 11ft sheet of paper haha. Is there anyother way I can still do this acuratly?
Thanks,
Jake.

Jake

Do a search on the web for Poster Printing Programmes. They will print out large images on A4 sheets with registration lines for alignment

David

That sounds like a good plan, so if I understand correctly, the full drawing is printed on many A4 sheets and then you put them together like a puzzle to for the main part?
That sounds a good idea.
Thankyou.
Jake.

Here's what you are looking for: PosterRazor

Hello again, the poster razor works, but I cant seem to get it on the right scale or size. It makes it smaller. See the software will only read a picture file, so if I export the drawing from AutoCAD 2010 to say a jpeg it doesnt work it changes the size. Is there anyway to do this but still keep the drawing on a 1:1 scale.
Thankyou.
Jake.

Is there any poster print software that will read DXF Files?
Jake.

Hello Jake

Do you have access to CorelDraw?

It's a nice poster option in Corel which I've used with
success for printout of the 767 MIP and DXF-import is usually OK.

I do belive we have it at college, I used it alot at school for parts of my sim on the cnc laser cutter/engraver.

I should be able to get access.
So with corel you can print large drawings on to many A4 sheets?

Thankyou
Jake.

If you can create a .pdf from the drawing, you can get Acrobat to tile the pages. The maximum size Acrobat can handle is 200 inches x 200 inches.

I have converted files for another member just to do this.

What about using a projector? beam the image onto the material you plan on cutting then trace round it, put a few reference measurments on the projected image, so long as you dont keystone or pin cussion the projected image that should be close enough?