Software for presentation page layout/publishing

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Jeff

12/19/04

Folks,

I'm generating great model "views" from Sketchup that I need to present to a group.

I'm looking for a software application that will let me layout a large page to be printed that will consist of one or more views (images) generated from Sketchup. I need to define a page title and a subtitle for each of the "views". For example, I want to put all elevation views on a single printed page. Borders would be great.

Simply printing directly from Sketchup isn't working for me in the context of creating a set of great, cohesive presentation boards with margins/titles/etc.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

Jeff.

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Anssi

12/19/04

Jeff,

Almost any modern layout program will do, InDesign is maybe the best, but not too cheap. There was a recent thread about using Canvas for a similar purpose, too. Illustrator and FreeHand also spring to mind. Cheaper options exist, but are often lacking in large paper sizes.

I have also used AutoCad:s Paper Space layouts for a similar purpose, especially when mixing ACAD and SU content.

A perseverant person might also do it in Photoshop, with layers

These were the first to spring in mind

Anssi

Phil Meadows

12/19/04

I do that sort of thing in CorelDraw. This one is kind of plain, but the developer isn't picky about that--and this thing will change a dozen more times before it's all over, so I need to keep the presentation board as clean as possible

This presentation is 50" wide at full printed size.