put two diff drawings with diff scale

[ali888]

Hi,

I'm not sure if what i have done is right here. I'd like to put two drawings into one drawing in the model space and printed it out.

For example, i have a drawing called my_pic1 and it's scaled at 1:200. Then, i was told to add another drawing because it's relevant to my_pic1. However, the added drawing looks too big and i'd like to scale it down so that i can fit it into my_pic1. I get confused when putting two different drawing with different scale onto one drawing. In the mean time, i could just leave a note for both drawing. I put a text of scale 1:200 for my_pic1 and 1:50 for the other one. Am i doing the right thing here?

I use AutoCAD LT 2005.

Thank you in advance

[iain9876]

hi there

you would be better creating the views in paper space or (layout) by means of the viewports toolbar then create the preferred scale directly when creating your viewport.

That way you can set your paper correctly and produce your viewports and your desired scales.

You can create viewports in models space then print off, but paper space is much easier to organise your work.

[Cad64]

This is a perfect example of why you should ALWAYS draw everything at 1:1. You would then be able to combine drawings easily.

[iain9876]

I completely agree with Cad64. Drawing at 1:1 is the only way to draw.

[Martin]

I completely agree with Cad64. Drawing at 1:1 is the only way to draw.

Absolutely!

[ali888]

Thank you to you all for your replies.

No, i totally agree with you all that all drawings should be drawn at a full scale i.e. 1:1. The first drawing i was talking about (i.e. my_pic1) is drawn at a full scaled but then, if the project manager wants it to be plotted out at, say 1:50. So what i did was just to scale up the titleblock by 50, not the actual drawing. (hope i do the right thing here)

The second drawing i talked about is actually come from someone else. It's got the titleblock around it and it says scale - 1:20. Then, the manager came along and requested the two drawings to be put onto one drawing and have it printed out. This is when i got confused. When i copied and pasted the second drawing to the first drawing. The second drawing appeared too big. so i had to scale it down.

Thank you once again for your input.

[Cad64]

You need to create a paper space layout. This is where you insert your title block and create viewports that you can set to whatever scale you need. Follow this link to learn more about paper space, viewports and scale:

http://www.we-r-here.com/cad/tutorials/level_2/2-4.htm