Rant: I keep seeing people skip the title block check on old project files.

I pulled a 2017 file for a client last week and the scale was set to 1:50 in the viewport but listed as 1:100 in the title block, which caused a huge print mix-up. I've caught this same mistake on three different shared projects from other drafters this year. How do you guys make sure your title block info is always right before you send a file out?

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kai_west1mo ago

Ugh, that's brutal. I literally print a tiny test sheet from the plot preview just to check the scale box against a ruler.

simonw411mo ago

Yeah, that preview scale box is a total trap sometimes. Read a forum post once where someone's entire batch of construction drawings printed at half size because the "fit to page" box got checked by mistake in the driver. @kai_west, your test sheet method is smart, honestly. I've started doing a quick PDF print to Adobe first, then checking the PDF properties for the actual page size before it ever hits the plotter. Saves a ton of paper and panic.