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I am using PyQGIS with GGIS 3.

I'd like to export my map in a A3 size .pdf (so that my printer prints it directely in A3).

How do I do that?

I did not find the right settings for exporting the pdf.

layout = QgsProject.instance().layoutManager().layoutByName('Example')
pc = layout.pageCollection()
pc.page(0).setPageSize('A3', QgsLayoutItemPage.Orientation.Landscape)

exporter = QgsLayoutExporter(layout)

pdf_settings = QgsLayoutExporter.PdfExportSettings()
pdf_settings.dpi = 300
#pdf_settings.papersize = 'A3'  --> is there something alike?

exporter.exportToPdf(result_folder +"\\myA3.pdf", pdf_settings)

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You could use the following to change the first page of your layout to A3 landscape:

layout = QgsProject.instance().layoutManager().layoutByName('Example')
pc = layout.pageCollection()
pc.page(0).setPageSize('A3', QgsLayoutItemPage.Orientation.Landscape)
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  • I tried your suggestion and my .pdf is now A3. However, my template now does not fit anymore (see edits). Is there a trick to make everything A3 in one go?
    – SaskiaG
    Aug 22, 2019 at 11:46
  • Of course! You have to change the size of your objects "map", "legend" .. ! it's not magic
    – Fran Raga
    Aug 22, 2019 at 11:58
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    As @FranRaga mentioned, I don't think there is a setting which automatically stretches the items in the layout to fill out the space. You need to specify the position and size using something like: map = layout.itemById('map'); map.attemptMove(QgsLayoutPoint(10, 20, QgsUnitTypes.LayoutMillimeters)); map.attemptResize(QgsLayoutSize(200, 100, QgsUnitTypes.LayoutMillimeters))
    – Joseph
    Aug 22, 2019 at 12:01
  • ok that's sad ;-) Thanks for your answers!
    – SaskiaG
    Aug 22, 2019 at 13:01
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you need change this property in the page layout, not in pdf setting.

I add a proof of concept:

page = QgsLayoutItemPage(layout)
page.setPageSize('A3')
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  • I added these two lines under my: layout = QgsProject.instance().layoutManager().layoutByName('Example') and it did not work :-S
    – SaskiaG
    Aug 22, 2019 at 11:43
  • The complete example is that of @Joseph
    – Fran Raga
    Aug 22, 2019 at 11:59

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