Pattern splitting tool v.0.01 — Tile plotter patterns onto home-printer paper

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Drop a plotter file here, or click to browse

HPGL (.plt .hpgl .hgl) · DXF (.dxf)

Size & scale

Source units

Scale

percent

Force width

mm — overrides scale

Rotate design 90°

Paper & tiling

Page size

Orientation

Printer margin

mm on every edge

Overlap strip

mm — glue/tape area

Skip pages with nothing on them

PDF output assembly aids

Project name

Test & assembly page first (calibration square + map)

Registration marks & alignment lines

Shade the overlap strips

Draw text labels from the file

Page layout preview

Drop a plotter file to see how it will be split across pages.

Printing this correctly

Print page 1 only first. In the print dialog set scaling to 100% / Actual size — never "Fit to page" or "Shrink oversized pages".
Measure the calibration square with a ruler. It must be exactly 50 × 50 mm. If it isn't, your print scaling is still on.
Print the rest. Trim each page along the solid trim line on its left and top edges only.
Lay each page over the previous one so the shaded strip lines up and the red triangles meet tip to tip, then tape. Assemble row by row using the map on page 1.