Easy to do in Visio....I've done up to 16 pages of an interface diagram
between 11 IT systems (one system per page) and several hundred interfaces
each represented by a line...to convert legacy systems to SAP. A few pages
were left blank. Use "cross over" routing lines to simplify.
Create the drawing sheet to fit as many pages as you need. For example one
page = 8.5 x 11, 4 pages (one sheet) = 16 x 22.
Best to turn on visibility of page margins (shown in gray on screen) and
background grid to help you align to pages.
Then draw "across" page boundaries with lines or what ever you wish. Best to
title or name or otherwise identify each item that crosses a "border"...like
color or line style....so you can identify its purpose and
source/destination on any one separate page. A legend helps for complex
data.
Then print to paper or to .pdf using the std page size (8.5 x 11 in this
example) ...will print as many "pages" as you set up....and lines will show
to the margin borders....and you can align each sheet....and trim margins
off and re-create what you see on-screen as one sheet....or just keep as
individual pages.
You may need to "play" with margin sizes etc depending on the printer and
its settings...Visio adjusts sizes to account for margins so you do not
loose any margin data. Suggest you do a trial on 4 pages and a simple
design, print, and check margins etc. until you see how it works; then do
you project for real. What works well on one printer may not work exactly as
well on a different printer.
I've also done this to print a large architectural plan to fit on 4, 13x17
pages "taped together" -- as I was limited to a printer paper size but
needed a scale to see details like one would expect to see on "D" or "E" or
roll prints.
Doug.S
