[HELP] Model out of "paper boundaries" in LPub

[D3K]

Hi!

Sorry if this has been asked and explained before, I tried googling and searching for help, but honestly I wasn't quite sure how to phrase my query..

I am currently making instructions of a truck MOC, and it turns out to be longer than the width of the page. As I see, it, there are two solutions to my problem:

1. Widen the page. This is easy, but I don't want my entire instructions to be in landscape mode, as the first half of it easily fits on a page in portrait mode. Needless to say; I can't seem to figure out how to make landscape mode take effect at a given step, and then last from there on out.

2. (And this is what I would concider my best solution in the current situation) Move part of the model "out of the frame". What I mean here, is, if I am focusing on building for example the front of the truck, there is no need to have the rear half in the frame. As always, pictures speak louder than words, so I'll show.

What it's like:

What I want it to be like:

And here is the problem obviously: the right side front of the truck (that was initially outside the page) is not there. The parts "hanging out" outside the page now are not necessary to be shown in this step.

What I'm wondering is; is there a command you have to use to make this happen? Also; is there a command to make a certain step in landscape mode whereas the rest of the instructions are in portrait mode?

Any help would be greatly appreciated, even if it is just a link to a tutorial explaining it (as I'm sure there is, as there are several of the LDraw tutorials I haven't yet read)

[Blakbird]

I have dealt with this exact problem and created a topic about it on LDraw forums. The short answer is that LPub throws out anything outside of the page boundaries and seems to do it before the model is translated to a new position on the page. My solution was to use an artificially larger page size with larger margins to bring the step numbers and PLI's back to center, then crop the pages at the end. It worked great, although with obvious extra effort.

As far as I know, there is no way to make individual pages in landscape mode.

[D3K]

Thanks a lot for the feedback!

Rather odd that it works like that though

So in effect, I make the page size big enough to fit the finished model, then center the work area of the individual steps (as well as parts call out?) on the page, and finally reset the page size to something satisfactory?

[Classicsmiley]

Another option is to go with landscape, and just use multiple columns on the first few pages where they can fit well.

[Alasdair Ryan]

Guys just change the Global page.....size.... with a Local page......size..... (write all in caps and for the pages you wish to change),It's all in the name.

I made a test file that you can download here.

Edited October 16, 2014 by Alasdair Ryan

[D3K]

Another option is to go with landscape, and just use multiple columns on the first few pages where they can fit well.

That might be a very good idea, but I can't seem to find out how to do it Is there a command you need to use, or is there a menu option somewhere?

Guys just change the Global page.....size.... with a Local page......size..... (write all in caps and for the pages you wish to change),It's all in the name.

I made a test file that you can download here.

Thanks, that might also work! Not too familiar with programming, so not even simple commands are obvious to me Do you also have an easy way of "moving" the picture in the page?

[Alasdair Ryan]

That might be a very good idea, but I can't seem to find out how to do it Is there a command you need to use, or is there a menu option somewhere?

Thanks, that might also work! Not too familiar with programming, so not even simple commands are obvious to me Do you also have an easy way of "moving" the picture in the page?

The answer to the first question is that you can change the page orientation via the page setup from the menu.

For the second question just click and drag the image.

Edited October 16, 2014 by Alasdair Ryan

[D3K]

The answer to the fist question is that you can change the page orientation via the page setup from the menu.

For the second question just click and drag the image.

Thanks!

I meant the multiple comlumns on a single page, like step 1, 2 and 3 on top of each other, and to the right of them comes steps 4, 5 and six on top of each other..

And the secon question was if you can manipulate the position of the model easily, without losing the parts initially outside of the fram (see picture in first post)

[Alasdair Ryan]

1) Click on add next step -> click on both images -> display in rows -> after a few steps have been added there will be a option to display in columns.

2) I will look into this further for you....

Edited October 16, 2014 by Alasdair Ryan

[D3K]

Thanks a lot buddy!

[Alasdair Ryan]

Probably the most easy way would be just to crop the image,and insert it into Lpub (PNG image).