Whether you are creating a huge, in depth architectural plan or a casual technical design, we have the drawing board to cater to your requirements. With sizes from A3 to A0 and options of table-top or free standing boards, both small colleges with limited budgets and the biggest design firms will find the perfect technical drawing boards. Our whole range is high quality, but we cater for varying requirements at Designdirect. If you need the highest possible accuracy, choose the professional standard desktop drawing board with a reliable parallel motion unit. Alternatively, if you have undertaken design work as a hobby or as a college student, a more basic drawing board will do an excellent job at a more affordable price. The American alternative to A0 is the ANSI E-size, which is part of the ANSI/ASME Y14.1 standard. It measures864 × 1118 mm or 34 × 44″. Other sources of information The aluminium straight edge features a precision machined 15mm transparent acrylic blade. The straight edge runs the full width of the drawing board. The bottom of the straight edge is rebated which allows ink pens to be used without smudging. Specification The steel tubular drawing board stand allows the frame to be folded flat allowing for easy storage. Established for over 50 years, Vistaplan is the UK market leader in manufacturing and supplying drawing office equipment and drawing management systems. The company offers drawing filing and plan filing systems, cad filing, map storage, planchests, drawing boards, parallel motions, draughting machines and a range of technical office equipment for use in education, construction, engineering and other industries.

As one of the UK's leading suppliers of Drawing Boards for students, colleges, designers and other professionals, Designdirect is sure to have the perfect Drawing Board for your needs. If you are purchasing Drawing Boards for a College or University class, we can offer discounts on bulk quantities, so please get in touch to discuss further. Dimensions of the Drawing Boards stand measures 860mm x 770mm and closed leg position 80mm and is available in A0 and A1 sizes. Folding A-frame stand allows for height and angle adjustment and can be easily removed for storage or transport. Manufactured from our factory in Essex UK to our high standards and finished in in our brand new digital powder coating shop. Durability and a robust design also make the drawing board suitable for colleges and other educational environments.Technical drawing boards from leading brands, including Blundell Harling, Linex, Rotring and Alpha, all of which are renowned for their reliability and quality. Buy yours online today! To output an image properly it needs to have a certain minimum resolution. The number of pixels depends on the required output quality.

At the core of the Vistaplan Drawing Management product range is the Drawing Hanger System, the most effective and durable plan filing system available on the market today. 6 versions of the drawing hanger are available, comprising of the A1 Drawing Hanger, the A0 Drawing Hanger and the A0 CAD Drawing Hanger all of which are available with or without a carrying handle. Special length versions of the drawing hanger can be manufactured, depending on quantity, to meet customers’ specific requirements and can be finished in a range of different colours. At 150 ppi the image needs to be 4967 x 7022 pixels. This is the minimum resolution for newspapers or posters viewed from a fairly short distance.

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At 300 ppi (pixels per inch) the image needs to be 9933 x 14043 pixels. This is the required resolution for quality offset printing that will be viewed from a short distance (such as books, brochures, magazines, calendars,…). For photos, it is also the optimum resolution but a somewhat lower pixel count (200 to 220 dpi) is acceptable for great-looking photographs. By folding an A0 in two along its shortest side, you create an A1 document. Fold once more and you get an A2 sized document. This way a range of paper sizes is created from A0 (which has a surface of one square meter) to A10. The height/width ratio remains constant for all sizes: 1:1.41 or the square root of 2. The dimensions always get rounded to the nearest millimeter. Resolution needed to print an A0 size picture