Scaling in paper space

[raley123]

Hi,

I am relatively new to CAD and trying to help my partner with electrical and mechanical drawings.

I am working from a drawing in model space (previously drawn by a client) and I have imported it into model space, working in 1:1.

I am now trying to view my work in paper space - the problem i am having is that i now need to scale this drawing. Most of the scales i will be working with are either A1 1:50 or A3 1:100.

I have read some previous posts and can see that i need to be amending the page setup on the layout tabs - if i select paper A1 and customise the scale to 0.02 (1:50), will that then automatically scale any viewport I insert into that layout?

Or do I need to still scale the viewport (as well as the page setup) that I insert and if so....can anyone assist with this and how to scale it so that the viewport doesnt look minute or massive?

I hope this makes sense!

Thanks!

[ReMark]

The viewport needs to have a scale assigned to it. There are several ways to do this. How many of them do you know?

When it comes time to plot do so at a 1:1 scale since you will be plotting from a paper space layout.

Almost everything you need to know about viewports can be found in this write up...

http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showth...ight=viewports

[ReMark]

Plot Layout Metric.PNG
Plotting from a layout using metric units.

[raley123]

thank you very much - I will get reading this afternoon!

Do i need to still set a scale in the page setup of the layout if I'm scaling the viewport to A1/A3 etc?

I read one way on how to assign a scale to a viewport but when I tried it last night, the viewport then shrunk massively and I could hardly see the drawing on the layout. Do you have any other ways I could try?

[raley123]

from your screen shot, if I amended the paper to A1, do i still plot it to 1:1 and layout?

sorry for all questions!

[ReMark]

You do not set a scale other than 1:1 in the page setup of your layout (see my previous post with image).

If the scale you assigned to the viewport made the model space objects appear very, very small then you obviously used the wrong scale. You should have then tried a different scale. For example, instead of using a scale of 1:200 you should have used a scale of 1:50.

[raley123]

thank you - his helps alot.

Can you advise me of another way to scale a viewport as the one I read was quite confusing.

[ReMark]

from your screen shot, if I amended the paper to A1, do i still plot it to 1:1 and layout?

sorry for all questions!

Yes.

I hate to ask but did you make sure to use a metric template for your drawing?

[raley123]

i am guessing not as i am not sure how to do that... is there a way i can check that?

[ReMark]

i am guessing not as i am not sure how to do that... is there a way i can check that?

Type the following at the command line then press Enter. Include the dash too!

-DWGUNITS

At the text box that comes up on your screen look where it says Unit for length <3>:

If there is a 3, 4, 5 or 6 then you used metric units (from mm to m). If there is a 1 or a 2 your drawing is in imperial units (either inches or feet).