Scale Issue I think?

Hey Guys

I recently got a New Lap Top and installed AutoCad 2009, I new then just copy and pasted all my Blocks and AutoCad Template.

I then inserted one of the Blocks that should be 2m high but on the screen it comes

up 50m high.

I know i can scale the one block down once it is on my screen but all the blocks when i insert them are like giant sized. How do i make it so that are there propper sizes from when i created them?

Thanks

Your units are probably different in the new drawing than they were in the drawing where the blocks were created.

If that is not the case, then you probably created the blocks in a scale other than full size.

You can enter a scale factor in the block insertion dialog box just before you insert them, if you like.

So if my units and different in the new drawing from what they where when i created them how do i fix it so i can just insert them like

normal again?

So if my units and different in the new drawing from what they where when i created them how do i fix it so i can just insert them like

normal again?

You need to make the drawing in the units required by whatever you are building or designing. See my previous answer. You can scale the blocks as you insert them or you can go into the editor and scale them there and save. If your blocks are 50 meters high and they should be 2 meters high then scale them by .25

50m/2m = 25; 1mm = 25.4inches coincidence? You will need to scale by 1/25 not .25 that would be 1/4 and would result in the block measuring 12.5m.

Seems to me you are inserting a metric block into an Imperial template. Reset your INSUNITS=6 for Meters.

Could the problem be easily corrected by using a metric template instead of an imperial template?

50m/2m = 25; 1mm = 25.4inches coincidence? You will need to scale by 1/25 not .25 that would be 1/4 and would result in the block measuring 12.5m.

 

Seems to me you are inserting a metric block into an Imperial template. Reset your INSUNITS=6 for Meters.

OOOOOPS. Sorry. That is what I meant. one twenty-fifth, not 25 percent. Sheeeeeesh. Late hours makes the brain furry.

Could the problem be easily corrected by using a metric template instead of an imperial template?

That's what I'm thinking.

OOOOOPS. Sorry. That is what I meant. one twenty-fifth, not 25 percent. Sheeeeeesh. Late hours makes the brain furry.

No worries, surprised I caught it, I was just on my second cup of Java.