When you print a snapshot of selected viewports directly to a Windows printer or to a PostScript printer or file, the layout of the image is determined by the available page size, the orientation, and the aspect ratio of the viewports:
The available page size is calculated from the total page size and the margin information that you supply, as illustrated by the sample dimensions shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. The available page size.
The total page size is determined by the paper size. For a Windows printer, click the Printer Properties button in the Print dialog box to open the Document Properties dialog box and change the paper size. For a PostScript printer or file, click the Postscript Format Options button in the Print dialog box to change the paper size.
Orientation
The orientation of your page can be either portrait or landscape.
Aspect ratio
The aspect ratio is the ratio between the overall width and the overall height of the viewports that you select for printing. Abaqus/CAE always maintains the aspect ratio of the objects, as shown in Figure 2. You can control the aspect ratio by manipulating the viewports on the canvas before printing them.
Figure 2. Scaling the objects to maintain the aspect ratio.
The default method for determining the image size on Windows printers—the only method for determining the image size on PostScript printers and files—scales the image to fit the aspect ratio and the available page size.
