Scale

[hanz007]

I would LOVE to scale the whole thing to 1:1

Several of the drawings are at different scales. 1:6, 1:8, ect..

I don't see an option on my cad version (2000i). But if anyone has ideas, they would be most welcome.

[JD Mather]

Type Scale hit Enter

Hit F1 on the keyboard.

 

Been there as long as I can remember.

[hanz007]

Thanks, I'll try that!

Again, I have only been using this for one week. Thanks for your help!

[MikeScott]

Jd's right.

 

Scale the drawing by the factor of 8 (type SCALE, select everything in modelspace with a crossing window, then put-in 8 )

 

Then change your dimstyle primary units measurement scale from 8 to 1 (modify your dim 8 dimstyle, and look for the 8 as a scale setting.. change it to a 1)

 

Then reset the zoom on the paperspace mview zoom window to get the 8th scale on the drawing itself when you print it.

[ReMark]

I see that you have figured it out by comparing a dimension noted on the drawing with the distance AutoCAD returns. Good.

 

In the future it would be wise to create any new drawings FULL size in model space.

[gsksun4]

See hanz007, I told you they were good. They had a quicker way.

Just an FYI, in my method, I forgot a third line for scale reference. Line at 1 end of the part, 1 at the end of the part and the 1" offset line which is the new length. Don't scale these lines, just the original drawing.

Stick with their method, it's a lot easier.:wink:

[hanz007]

I knew I'd get the right direction!

Thanks again folks!

Just looking around at all the drawings stored over here. I think MOST were done in different scales. I'll be sure to do mine in full size.

[ReMark]

Once you do then switch to a layout which will give you access to paper space. There you can set up any number of viewports to see what you created over in model space. Viewports can be assigned a scale. When everything is done you just plot from your layout at 1:1 scale.

[Dealiyah]

I have a pretty simple ? but it seems so difficult to me when I know its not. I don't understand the scales. I understand that when in cad u plot as in real world so u use scales to convert the measurements. I jst recently took a test and I got one answer correct and the other wrong but I don't understand either one actually. The questions were

You're preparing to draw a site plan in AutoCad. You'll plot the drawing at a scale of 1/4"=1"-0". You should draw the floor plan at which of the following scales? The answer was 1/8"=1'-0". I got this correct but I don't know exactly why.....please explain

 

The other was You're preparing to draw a site plan in AutoCad. The drawing will be plotted at a scale of 1"=10'. To what value should you set the DIMSCALE variable? The answer was 120

 

Help Please!!!

[MikeScott]

#1 - dunno..

#2 - 10 feet = 120 inches (1' = 12")

[ReMark]

The recommended method is to construct your drawing, whether it is a floor plan of a house, a site plan for the World Trade Towers, the luxury liner Queen Elizabeth II or a Boeing 777, FULL size in model space. Nobody should be creating a drawing "to scale" as they might have done manually, on a drafting board, since AutoCAD first introduced paper space and later on layouts.

 

Ideally, once your drawing is complete, you move to a layout (which gives you access to paper space), insert your titleblock and border, create the required number of viewports and apply a scale to the viewport. A viewport is a window that allows one to look back into model space and see the objects he/she created. The size of those objects never changes. They should NOT be scaled up or scaled down. Scale is accomplished via viewports.

 

There are a couple of ways dimensions and notes can be handled. The user can elect to put them in the layout or include them in model space. It is highly recommended that if you put the dimensions and notes in model space that you use annotative scaling. In the "old days", before the advent of paper space and layouts the user had no choice but to include everything in model space.

 

Re: the two questions. I can't think of a good reason to draw at one scale and plot at another unless one had to enlarge or shrink a drawing to fit a particular size of paper. As to the DIMSCALE variable just take the plotted scale of 1"=10' and multiple the 10 by 12 (12" = 1 foot). There's your 120.

[JD Mather]

You're preparing to draw a site plan in AutoCad. You'll plot the drawing at a scale of 1/4"=1"-0". You should draw the floor plan at which of the following scales? The answer was 1/8"=1'-0". I got this correct but I don't know exactly why.....please explain

 

Wrong answer.

The person who wrote the test is poorly educated. You always draw at 1:1 scale (for at least the last 15 years or so). Ask the person who adiministered this test to read this thread.

[kencaz]

Wrong answer.

The person who wrote the test is poorly educated. You always draw at 1:1 scale (for at least the last 15 years or so). Ask the person who adiministered this test to read this thread.

 

Yeah! I don't know why anyone would teach to draw a site plan, (or anything), in AutoCAD at anything other than full scale.

 

I think this thread is a perfect example of the trouble it causes when you don't draw 1:1.

 

KC

[MikeScott]

Or was that's what the person guessed on their homework and wanted to use us for verification.