line weight and scale

hello,

i am an intermediate autocad 09-10 user. This has been an issue for a long time and want to understand the situation more. I am in the normal drawing space (model) and am drawing. I go to set a new layer and choose dash and make lineweight .50mm (i am in arch units though). Then i check the layer to make it enabled. I go to draw and it is not dashed but i can see the weight. I highlight the line and go to properties and change scale and then i can see the dashes. However, that is what I see in the drawing screen. If I click the layout button and go to the white layout screen the line is not dashed. I then have to change the properties scale there. What should i do this is so annoying to me. Any help would be great.

Thanks,

Frustrator

FOR 2008, 2009, 2010

MSLTSCALE = 1

LTSCALE = 0.5 (usually set at 1 down to .25 depending on needs)

PSLTSCALE = 1

CANNOSCALE = (DESIRED PLOT SCALE, set with anno scale drop down

lower right)

If no MSLTSCALE then when in MS set LTSCALE to 48 (for 1/4" scale) and set it to 0.5 when in PS. In MS or in an active VP set annotative scale to 1/4" (per your example)

that took awhile to absorb. i still am confused though. Alls I want to do is make my drawing in the layout where you plot from to look like what I drew in model space. I use a particular layer and alls good in model space but in paper space it does not look the same. I tried some variations of what you said and it looks like .25 in layout = 1 in model. THere is no way that I should ahve to click everyline and rescale it in ps???

that took awhile to absorb. i still am confused though. Alls I want to do is make my drawing in the layout where you plot from to look like what I drew in model space. I use a particular layer and alls good in model space but in paper space it does not look the same. I tried some variations of what you said and it looks like .25 in layout = 1 in model. THere is no way that I should ahve to click everyline and rescale it in ps???

No you will not be changing every object.

Change each of the three settings I listed to the value I gave and leave them alone from now on.

In your viewport you have to know what your plot scale will be. So if you set the viewport scale to plot at 1/4"=1' then you set that with the viewport scale tool, lower right. While in MS also use that same tool and also set it to 1/4"=1'.

And don't forget to regen the viewport (or regenall) to see the changes.