setting viewports scales from model to paper space

[RDHOS]

HI all ... i need a little help

i am from the old school pen and pencil which most plp have never used...lol ... time for this old designer to catch up

i have been working with diff cadd programs for the past 15 years or so.. how ever i have never used viewports sucsessfully and need to learn how to set scale factors for them..
i draw in 2D format and in architectural scale IE: 1/4" = 1'-0"..1/8" = 1'-0"for plans and then there is the detail scales 1/2" 3/4" and 1 1/2"... and some civil scales for site plans... 1" = 15'-0" ...1" = 30'
you get the drift

i have looked all over the documentation in my autocad LT, and some autocad 12 and 13 books that i have. i have not seen anything to tell me the scale factor i must use to scale viewports. as you can imagine this is very frustrating
i used gencadd before autodesk bought it and then swithced to autocadLT...however i am still drawing in the 1:1 model space and printing from there.... it has worked for me but time to get smarter about useing the tools of autocad....

time for this old dog to learn some new tricks

[fuccaro]

Hello RDHOS and welcome!

Never ever draw to other scale as 1:1. Create your drawings in Model Space and plot them from Paper Space. For plotting: Go to PS, create one or more viewports to show the whole or parts of the model. Set the scale of each viewport as you need –this will not affect the dimension of the elements in the MS.
If you draw at scale in MS you will end up with a lot of elements at different scales. It will be almost impossible to modify your drawing, reuse it in other drawings (X-ref)…

[CADTutor]

Hello RDHOS. Just to reiterate what fuccaro has said, one of the cardinal rules of AutoCAD is that everything you draw in model space should be drawn full size (1:1). See this article for more details.

You'll find using paper space layouts liberating once you get used to the concept.

There are 2 basic methods for scaling a paper space viewport. You can use one of the standard scale factors from the Properties panel or you can use the Zoom Scale option. Either way, you need to be in floating model space when you apply the scale.

Welcome to the forum

[xavier]

in paperspace type mvsetup then "s" for scale select the veiwport window you wish to scale. leave the "enter the number of paper space units <1.0>:" as 1 (hit enter) the "enter the number of model space units<1.0>: is where you set the scaling factor for the view port. ie. 384 for 1/32, 192 for 1/16, 128 for 3/32, 96 for 1/8. Basically take the bottom unit and multiply it by 12 so 8x12=96 so that the numkber to type in for the "enter the number of model space units <1.0>:. Hope that helps.