<div dir="ltr"><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;clear:both;color:rgb(36,39,41);text-align:left;background-color:rgba(248,248,248,0.6)">I am interested in making reproducible PDF figures in QGIS3, and therefore want to work from the console/PyQGIS. Thanks to some previous helpful advice <a href="https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/274199/qgis-3-pdf-output-with-python" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(53,141,170);font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;text-decoration-line:none">here</a>, the problem is successfully reduced to setting up the QgsPrintLayout. I am not sure how to do this, below is my best attempt so far:<br></p><pre class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-lang-py gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-prettyprint gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-prettyprinted" style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:5px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:13px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,"Lucida Console","Liberation Mono","DejaVu Sans Mono","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono","Courier New",monospace,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;width:auto;max-height:600px;overflow:auto;background-color:rgb(239,240,241);display:block;color:rgb(57,51,24);word-wrap:normal;text-align:left"><code style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:13px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,"Lucida Console","Liberation Mono","DejaVu Sans Mono","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono","Courier New",monospace,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;background-color:rgb(239,240,241);white-space:inherit"><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-com" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(133,140,147)">#setup the background classes for managing the project</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">
canvas </span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pun" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">=</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">iface</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pun" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">.</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">mapCanvas</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pun" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">()</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">
manager </span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pun" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">=</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)"> project</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pun" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">.</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">layoutManager</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pun" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">()</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">
</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-com" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(133,140,147)">#new layout</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">
layout </span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pun" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">=</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)"> </span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-typ" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(43,145,175)">QgsPrintLayout</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pun" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">(</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">project</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pun" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">)</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">
layout</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pun" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">.</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">initializeDefaults</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pun" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">()</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">
layout</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pun" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">.</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">setName</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pun" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">(</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-str" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(125,39,39)">'console'</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pun" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">)</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">
itemMap </span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pun" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">=</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)"> </span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-typ" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(43,145,175)">QgsLayoutItemMap</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pun" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">(</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">layout</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pun" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">)</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">
itemMap</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pun" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">.</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">setExtent</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pun" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">(</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">canvas</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pun" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">.</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">exten<wbr>t</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pun" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">())</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">
layout</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pun" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">.</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">addLayoutItem</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pun" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">(</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">itemMap</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pun" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">)</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">
</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-com" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(133,140,147)">#add the layout to the manager</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">
manager</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pun" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">.</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">addLayout</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pun" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">(</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pln" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">layout</span><span class="gmail-m_-9072075056605804234gmail-pun" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(48,51,54)">)</span></code></pre><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;clear:both;color:rgb(36,39,41);text-align:left;background-color:rgba(248,248,248,0.6)">The "console" layout is successfully added to QGIS 3 and I can open it to see if the content is satisfactory. The map does not render and its extent is nan,nan,nan,nan. How do I setup the extent and size of the map object in the layout?</p><br></div>