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Can someone give me a clue as to why I do not get a perfect circle, when selecting the Circle icon in the Draw toolbar, but rather a slight ellipse?

I am using Autocad 2000. I know I am way behind, however I get comfortable with a piece of software and I hate to change. I do use 2008 on occasion. I have no problem with 2008.

Thank you,

gotchy

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Aspect ratios are not a function of your OS. They are controlled either manually via buttons on your monitor or via an onscreen program (referred to as OSD - Onscreen Display).

 

Do you have a flat panel or a CRT?

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I think the distance command will confirm that the radius/diameter are correct. Trust kencaz and adjust your aspect ratio. By the way, screen resolution and aspect ratio are not one-in-the-same.

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only a vague recollection.....

 

there was a dos set up prog you ran and had to type in the X & Y measurements of a circle. The screen was then adjusted so that the circle was round.

 

that would then modify your acad configuration files so that you always had a circle :)

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Ah...the good old days of DOS. Look how far we have progressed.

 

Are you suggesting that the OP needs to do this? I thought those days were long gone.

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I don't think you would want to these days. If it is THAT bad I would adjust the screen either from the video card set up page or on the screen buttons, however from our old book....

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Aspect ratio: Ratio of physical picture width to the picture height. Examples: 3:2, 4:3 and 16:9 (HDTV).

 

Display resolution: Number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed. Examples: 640x480 (VGA), 800x600 (SVGA), 1024x768 (XGA), 1280x1024 (SXGA), 1600x1200 (UXGA) and 1920x1200 (WUXGA).

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If its all about aspect ratio what would be the best size monitor to work with autocad if you were buying a new one, im thinking a wide screen would be best suited , might get the boss to buy me a 42" that way i can see all of my A1 drawings with out zooming in lol

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Personally I'm not keen on the push to use widescreen monitors. I really do like the 4:3 aspect ratio of my old CRT I just don't like the size and the weight.

 

If I went widescreen I'd go with a 24". I don't have room for a 42" in my cubicle! Heck, that's even bigger than my 32" HDTV at home!

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my new setup has a wide screen monitor. I also have been allowed to keep the old one. :) The old one now has my email and CadTutor and the F2 screen when I want, the wide screen has my drawing. The edges don't really get used! I still just look at the middle and pan if I want to see elswhere. I am tempted to turn autohide off on my palette so that they are visible all the time but I find that looks too cluttered. It is nice having the extra area but I don't think I would cry if it was taken away from me.

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