Re: Large Format and Billboard Design and Sizing
The way I understand the scaling is this:
Select a Custom paper size of 48" x 14" and choose a scale of 1:12 ... That should give a finished design size of 48' x 14'
The trouble is exporting that will only ever give a 48" x 14" piece of paper that reports it's at 1:12. The printer will have to print the original file at 1:1.
The next issue is that if you actually design on a 48' x 14' sheet in Xara ... which is what you really should do ... you can't see all of it at once as the zoom scale won't go down below 5%
The intent of the scaling is so that you can fit a 48' design on a 48" piece of paper and print it that way ... The same way CAD works. it's not really geared towards a final 48' wide print.
Keith
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