CadYouDigIt Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Hey guys, I am going to try and explain this as best as I can, hopefully it makes sense, If I have a drawing made, and I want it to be scaled 1:500 on a 24:36 sheet of paper so that I can take a scale ruler after it is printed, and it be correct, how do I do this? All of the lines on the cad drawing are correct. Thanks! If I was unclear, I'll try and elaborate more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberAngel Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Typically, you create a viewport in paper space. Give the viewport the scale you want. Lock it. Slap a title block on there and you're done. Edit: oh wait, can you do that in LT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CadYouDigIt Posted May 31, 2017 Author Share Posted May 31, 2017 My problem is when i click 1:100 for example, it zooms in way too far, I remember doing this in school and it wasn't too difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CadYouDigIt Posted May 31, 2017 Author Share Posted May 31, 2017 Not sure, I will attempt this on another computer with full autocad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CadYouDigIt Posted May 31, 2017 Author Share Posted May 31, 2017 I am also curious as to how to create my own scale, 1:400 for example Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CadYouDigIt Posted May 31, 2017 Author Share Posted May 31, 2017 I am also curious as to how to create my own scale, 1:400 for example disregard this comment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 You can do this even using LT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana W Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Typically, you create a viewport in paper space. Give the viewport the scale you want. Lock it. Slap a title block on there and you're done. Edit: oh wait, can you do that in LT? Yes, you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana W Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 My problem is when i click 1:100 for example, it zooms in way too far, I remember doing this in school and it wasn't too difficult.Keep in mind what the scale ratio is telling you. 1:100 is saying one paperspace unit (either millimeters or inches) equals one hundred modelspace units. So, if your modelspace units are also millimeters, then one millimeter in the viewport will represent only 100 millimeters, and that would be zoomed in way too far if for instance your model happens to be a building that is 100 meters long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Like above go to a layout draw a rectang 36x24 offset it say .75 MVIEW pick the two corners of the inner rectang double click go inside viewport z e your model space should fill sheet I have the viewports tool bar displayed so pick 1:500 pan around carefully or do agian pick 1:500 Double click outside of outside rectang or do Pspace Plot outside rectang at 1=1 using window and pick bot left, top right plot scale using a 36x24 sheet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CadYouDigIt Posted June 1, 2017 Author Share Posted June 1, 2017 Got it! Thank you everyone for clarifying all that for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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