richard3009 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 When setting the viewport scale how do I know if I'm scaling to an A3 plot or A1 etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 You don't. The size of the paper is set in the Page Setup Manager (right-click on the Layout-tab). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard3009 Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 That's brilliant thanks for that, just one more thing how do I make the viewport fit the A3 layout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 After you have done the settings in the Page Setup Manager, what you'll see on the Layout-screen is the actual size of your paper. So you can create your viewport and see instantly how it looks on an A3. What scale to use on your Viewport depends on what you are drawing. For example, I have a house on a property that I have at scale 1:100 which I find suitable for my needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard3009 Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 That's as helped me understand it thanks, just one more thing how do I set my company border up as the viewport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 There are different schools of thought on this, both of which are valid. A matter of personal preference. I would suggest moving your SHEET into your paperspace LAYOUT, and having done that, place your viewport or viewports on the sheet, so you can see how it all works together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard3009 Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 By sheet you mean place the company border (block) into the paper space and then create a viewport inside the company border Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Exactly what I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard3009 Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 Brilliant so helpful thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Make sure your company border is at 1:1 size A3 420x297 then your viewports are scaled not the sheet. A little metric trick with the viewports toolbar on on right side when you click in a viewport a number will appear for auto scaling enter the correct scale number. 10 = 1:00 4 =1:250 5 = 1:200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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