CAD Print Formats - B4 Paper Dimensions

CAD Print Formats

Dimension B4 | Format B4 | B4 Printout | B4 Paper | Sheet B4

B4 The format is defined in the international standard ISO 216. The Polish standard of paper sheets PN-EN ISO 216:2009 is in accordance with the international standard ISO 216. One of the most popular, if not the most popular, known format of this kind is the B4.

In format B, the dimensions of the formats are geometric mean of the two intermediate dimensions A (so their proportions are also like 1 to √ 2 ), e.g. the dimensions of sides B1 are the geometric mean of sides A1 and A0 , rounded to full millimeters [mm] . The described ratio of the length of the sides causes that after folding the sheet in half sides to each other, two sheets are obtained, with the same aspect ratio of the sides, like the output sheet. Subsequent formats in this series are created by dividing sheets into half of their long side. Hence the B1 format is half of B), B2 half B1 etc., but always rounded to the nearest millimetre.

CAD printout of B4 format

Dimensions of the B4 format in mm: 250 x 353 Mm.
Dimensions of B4 format in cm: 25 x 35.3 Cm.
Dimensions of B4 format in inches: 9.84″ x 13.90 ″
B4 dimensions for 300 DPI printing: 2 953 x 4 169 Px
B4 dimensions for printing in 150 DPI quality: 1 477 x 2 085 Px.
B4 dimensions for 72 DPI printing: 709 x 1 001 Px
A map at a scale of 1:500 on a B4 sheet has an area of 2,206 Ha
A map at a scale of 1:1000 on a B4 sheet has an area of 8,825 Ha
The map at a scale of 1:2000 on a B4 sheet has an area of 35,300 Ha

The surface area of a B4 paper sheet is 0,088 [m]²

The surface area of a B4 paper sheet is 883[cm]²

How I mentioned the format B4 is one of the most popular paper formats used worldwide. It provides an additional format for editing all packages office buildings such as Libre Office, OpenOffice or MS Office. The aforementioned office suites enable printing up to B4 dimension in PDF file format without no setting changes. Most of the home printers and printers sold of office printers allows direct printing in a predefined paper size in B4 format. Also flatbed scanners and Scanning devices in most cases allow direct scanning up to B4 format. The same applies to photocopiers and fax machines.

B4 printout is rarely used to complete project documentation, drawings technical or printing geodetic maps in scales of 1:500, 1:1000 or 1:2000.

Software ActCAD has implemented settings for CAD printout to this B4 format, printout from CAD programs to B4 is common as it is a popular format for many applications. Printing up to B4 format is possible directly from the CAD program to the printing device, or via any PDF printer installed on the operating system, for example ActCAD PDF Printer whether Bullzip PDF Printer to a PDF file.

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CAD Print Formats - B4 Paper Dimensions