Within the drawing area is a gray border which defines the print area. Anything within the print area is printed and anything outside of the print area is not printed.
VectorWorks uses the settings from both the Page Setup and Printer Setup dialog boxes to determine the number of sheets of paper (pages) required to print the entire drawing on the selected printer.
This allows the same drawing to be printed or plotted to numerous sources without readjusting the drawing. By entering the dimensions of a “D” size sheet of technical paper in the Printable Area of the Page Setup dialog box, and selecting “Letter” paper size in the Printer Setup dialog box, VectorWorks determines that the drawing needs to be “tiled” across 12 sheets of 8-1/2” x 11” paper to a standard laser printer. The number of 8-1/2” x 11” pages required for printing horizontally and vertically are automatically updated in the Page Setup dialog box. When sending this same drawing to a plotter, change the settings in the Page Setup dialog box for a plotter, and VectorWorks converts the pages required accordingly.