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So I bought the AIM for my 79 shortly after I bought the car (a little over a year ago), and have a layout/printing question:
The pages are all in 'landscape' format, so I turn my binder 90 degrees to read a page. However, the 'opposite' page is upside down, so I need to rotate the binder 180 degrees to see that page, and then 180 degrees back again when I turn to the next page, etc, etc.
Was this just an issue with my source (which I forget now, might have to go look it up), or are they all like this?
Sorry to mess it up for you then - now you'll be thinking about it everytime you're paging thru it!
It doesn't bother me much any more either, but it was pretty frustrating when I was first using it, and wasn't familiar with it....just thought that it should be an easy thing to 'fix' when they are being printed/copied.
Hi b,
I don't think it would be an easy fix.
Since the AIM sheets were drawn in that horizontal format there'd be just 2 ways to change it at this point… clip the left and right sides of the drawings and the information on that area, or, reduce the overall size of the drawing, to fit a vertical format…. neither would be good.
Regards,
Alan
I hadn't noticed that before, but are they all like that? Here is a picture of an AIM on Mid America's website - it looks like if you turn the binder into landscape view, you can see top and bottom are both upright.
Also, you could get the electronic version and have it on your laptop.
Hi LP,
The C.A. AIM isn't that way.
The upper page is always upside-down when placed like you copy.
I was so thankful to have a source of information 25 years ago that I never realized it was awkward.
Regards,
Alan
Hi b,
I don't think it would be an easy fix.
Since the AIM sheets were drawn in that horizontal format there'd be just 2 ways to change it at this point… clip the left and right sides of the drawings and the information on that area, or, reduce the overall size of the drawing, to fit a vertical format…. neither would be good.
Regards,
Alan
Hi Alan - I wasn't referring to putting it into vertical (portrait) format, just rotating the 'backside' of the page 180 degrees, so when you are looking at one page, the page above or below it would be viewable without rotating the whole binder 180 degrees. If the AIM was in softcopy (PDF) format, this would be a simple print setting.
It looks like the MidAmerica version is setup correctly.
On a side topic - are there different versions of the AIM (The MidAmerica one appears to have their logo on all the pages)? Do they 'add' any info to it, such as perhaps a better index/table of contents?
Hi LP,
The C.A. AIM isn't that way.
The upper page is always upside-down when placed like you copy.
I was so thankful to have a source of information 25 years ago that I never realized it was awkward.
Regards,
Alan
Hi Alan,
I couldn't even tell you where my AIMs are from! But, I do know looking at that MAM AIM they cut off the sheet number, and could potentially cut off other pertinent information (revision data, torque values) by putting their logo across the top of the page.
Last edited by LeMans Pete; Dec 9, 2014 at 01:54 PM.
On a side topic - are there different versions of the AIM (The MidAmerica one appears to have their logo on all the pages)? Do they 'add' any info to it, such as perhaps a better index/table of contents?
Answered my own question on the MidAmerica site:
Our 1956-1957,1960-1962,1963-1967,1968-1982 Corvette Assembly Manuals are exact reprints of the assembly manuals used at the Corvette Assembly Plant. Actual on-line notations have been included for factory-original, correct assembly information. All parts and sub-assemblies used to assemble your Corvette along with appropriate part numbers, available options and the original build procedure diagrams are in these manuals.
“When I introduced these manuals back in 1978, they did not have page numbers. We have improved functionality with added page numbers and indexes for quick reference to specific areas of assembly.” Mike Yager
I'll have to look thru my AIM tonite to see what info might be covered up by the MidAmerica logo...
You'll find that page numbers are vendor specific, so asking questions about a certain page may not yield the best results. The best way to cite a page is by UPC and sheet number.
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I believe credit goes to Mike Ward for pointing me to that link. Though full credit goes to John Hinckley for the great information, of course.