setting up scale

[rwilson1206]

I am using autoCAD trial version 2008. I am currently practicing the tuturial on this website called "Site Layout Exercise". The example drawing is shown in meters. My default scale when I open autocad is annotation scale: 1:1. When I show the grid, its limits are small in comparision to the 300.00 length line I enter into the drawing per the tuturial. I went to format < units, and changed them to meters. What else do I need to do so my drawing fits within the grid limits? Does it have something to do with my default scale... annotation scale: 1:1?

[LElkins]

rwilson,

is there a particular reason that you want it to fit within your AutoCAD grid.

don't know about others but I always have that turned off....

Cheers

[east§ide]

i think i did this tutorial as well and had a similar problem..i wish i could remember what i did, though i think i probably just ignored the grid part and moved on..

[rwilson1206]

no, no particular reason, just wondering like the other guy. what is a annotation scale of 1:1? Could I potentially draw an entire drawing with 1:1 scale, text and all, and then plot it out on a 24X36 to any particular scale I want?

Thanks

[SLW210]

no, no particular reason, just wondering like the other guy. what is a annotation scale of 1:1? Could I potentially draw an entire drawing with 1:1 scale, text and all, and then plot it out on a 24X36 to any particular scale I want?

Thanks

You will draw in Model Space at 1:1 and plot from Paper Space after scaling through a viewport.