ltscale question who can help(urgent pls)thx~

[nature27]

hi~all i m newb on learning autocad..i having college assignment now the problem is i have create a grid line with center line and i have set ltscale 75 but i cant c the gap on the line,unless i zoom in further..except changing the linetype scale still got other way?because the linetype scale must be set in 1..i have attach my practice drawing..hope can some one help me....thx a lot...:cry:

Drawing1.dwg

[Tiger]

Keep changing LTSCALE til you get a line that looks good. Change it both up and down.

[nature27]

hi~all i m newb on learning autocad..i having college assignment now the problem is i have create a grid line with center line and i have set ltscale 75 but i cant c the gap on the line,unless i zoom in further..except changing the linetype scale and ltscale still got other way?because the linetype scale must be set on 1..n ltscale must set on 75 i have attach my practice drawing..hope can some one help me....thx a lot...:cry:

Drawing1.dwg

[ReMark]

I thought you got an answer to your question already? Why are you reposting the question? You should not double post it just confuses things.

[ReMark]

Try setting LTSCALE equal to 1.

 

One other admonishment. Not everyone here is running the latest edition of AutoCAD. Save drawing files back to an earlier release to ensure the vast majority of forum members can open the file. I would recommend the 2000 or 2004 file format.

[rkent]

hi~all i m newb on learning autocad..i having college assignment now the problem is i have create a grid line with center line and i have set ltscale 75 but i cant c the gap on the line,unless i zoom in further..except changing the linetype scale and ltscale still got other way?because the linetype scale must be set on 1..n ltscale must set on 75 i have attach my practice drawing..hope can some one help me....thx a lot...:cry:

 

FOR 2010

MSLTSCALE = 1

LTSCALE = 0.5

PSLTSCALE = 1

[Tankman]

And, I might add, a lot of forum members who might be capable of offering assistance, don't have AutoCAD '09, '10.

 

Consider saving your drawing to AutoCAD 2000 for posting. Might help.

 

Welcome to the forums! Lots of qualified help here!

[mrbucket]

Just looking at your drawing. You dont have it drawn 1:1. At least it doesnt come up 1:1 in mine. You have 100' wide windows and 116'-8" doors. Anyone else getting these measurements? That will make your linetype seem tiny.

[fuccaro]

Nature27

As ReMark says: please post your questions only once!

I merged the two threads into this one.

[rkent]

Just looking at your drawing. You dont have it drawn 1:1. At least it doesnt come up 1:1 in mine. You have 100' wide windows and 116'-8" doors. Anyone else getting these measurements? That will make your linetype seem tiny.

 

The drawing is done in mm.

[mrbucket]

The drawing is done in mm.

 

Regardless if its drawn in mm. Did you measure any of it? That was my question.

[rkent]

Regardless if its drawn in mm. Did you measure any of it? That was my question.

 

I checked a window that was dimed at 1200mm and it checked out with dist at exactly 1200mm.

[mrbucket]

I checked a window that was dimed at 1200mm and it checked out with dist at exactly 1200mm.

 

 

Just out of curiosity, how is this happening?

Drawing1-4test.dwg

[rkent]

Just out of curiosity, how is this happening?

 

Not sure of your question, what is happening? The drawing is done in metric, you need to set your units to decimal and in the dimstyle set it to decimal.

[mrbucket]

Not sure of your question, what is happening? The drawing is done in metric, you need to set your units to decimal and in the dimstyle set it to decimal.

 

So why is his ltscale so large in order to see it, thats what im getting at.

[rkent]

So why is his ltscale so large in order to see it, thats what im getting at.

 

The linetypes are made to have a certain length of line and gap and line, etc. The ones labeled without the iso at the front, like center, hidden, etc. are best used with inch units like architectural drawings and smaller metric drawings of say a machine part.

 

When you get to larger plans like for a building in mm then the linetypes like iso-XX work best as the gaps and lines are larger to begin with.

 

So for the OP, rather than mucking about with the ltscale they should use linetypes like the ones with the iso prefix that are made for larger areas.

[mrbucket]

The linetypes are made to have a certain length of line and gap and line, etc. The ones labeled without the iso at the front, like center, hidden, etc. are best used with inch units like architectural drawings and smaller metric drawings of say a machine part.

 

When you get to larger plans like for a building in mm then the linetypes like iso-XX work best as the gaps and lines are larger to begin with.

 

So for the OP, rather than mucking about with the ltscale they should use linetypes like the ones with the iso prefix that are made for larger areas.

 

Well it seems like something is off. And I bet your right about the arch settings for the linetype. I should be able to drop a 100' line in to his drawing and it measures out to conversion of 30,480+-mm, right? What am I missing? I do very little in mm. So how is a dimension from the same 100' line off in his?

[rkent]

Well it seems like something is off. And I bet your right about the arch settings for the linetype. I should be able to drop a 100' line in to his drawing and it measures out to conversion of 30,480+-mm, right? What am I missing? I do very little in mm. So how is a dimension from the same 100' line off in his?

 

If I draw a 100' line in one drawing and copy it, then paste it in this drawing it will measure 1200. 100'x12"=1200. The line is only 100' because we agree that the one drawing is in inches and feet but in reality autocad is just keeping track of a unit of measure and we assign what we want it to be.

 

Now if we start a drawing and we agree that an autocad unit of measure is equal to one mm and we set units and dims to decimal, then sure enough it measures and dims to mm.

 

If we want to insert the mm drawing into a drawing where we say a unit is one inch then we scale the mm drawing down by 25.4.

 

Civil drawings in the US use the unit of measure as one foot rather than one inch. So when inserting a civil drawing into an architectural one with inch units we have to scale by 12.

[mrbucket]

If I draw a 100' line in one drawing and copy it, then paste it in this drawing it will measure 1200. 100'x12"=1200. The line is only 100' because we agree that the one drawing is in inches and feet but in reality autocad is just keeping track of a unit of measure and we assign what we want it to be.

 

Now if we start a drawing and we agree that an autocad unit of measure is equal to one mm and we set units and dims to decimal, then sure enough it measures and dims to mm.

 

If we want to insert the mm drawing into a drawing where we say a unit is one inch then we scale the mm drawing down by 25.4.

 

Civil drawings in the US use the unit of measure as one foot rather than one inch. So when inserting a civil drawing into an architectural one with inch units we have to scale by 12.

 

I think I got ya, so even if it measures right, the insertion cuts the scale by 12 to accommodate inches instead of feet.

[nature27]

oh thx..a lot i have done it...sorry for posted in twice because i though i post wrong so have double post..thanks a lot