Complete novice-help on line scale please!

Hi,

I have used AutoCAD before but only editing existing drawings, now I have come to start my own drawing from scratch I am struggling!

I have only got as far as choosing a metric template, then when I draw a line, type in the line length in mm it shoots of the edge of the page.

I have read a few posts about changing the Units - It is currently set to Decimal millimetres.

There must be a quick fix but I cant find it! Can anyone help? Just want to write '1000' in the command line and for it to draw 1m.

Your problem is not in Units, its that you are not zoomed out far enough. Start the zoom command by typing Zoom at the commandline and then hit E for Extents. Now you should see your whole line and you can use the scroll-wheel (or start Zoom again and hit enter for Real-Time) to zoom more or less.

Oh now it makes sense! Thanks so much!

AutoCAD draws in units. One unit can equal one millimeter, one centimeter, one meter, one whatever-you-want-it-to-be.

The cardinal rule of AutoCAD is that you draw your objects in model space at FULL size.

Glad to help