Setting up metric scale in dimension style

[edwin]

I'm used to imperial scale. This time I have something to work on in metric scale and I'm having trouble setting scale factor in my dimension style. I have set 1:20 in the viewport but when you actually measure the drawings plotted in 1:1, it is turning out to be 1"=20m.

 

Where did I go wrong? Please help.

[fenyess]

I'm used to imperial scale. This time I have something to work on in metric scale and I'm having trouble setting scale factor in my dimension style. I have set 1:20 in the viewport but when you actually measure the drawings plotted in 1:1, it is turning out to be 1"=20m.

 

Where did I go wrong? Please help.

 

if i know goood: 1 inch=2.54 cm

[rado99]

Are you using Architectural Desktop or Autocad?

If Architectural Desktop - try to change "drawing setup" to cm or mm

If Autocad - I think you should try to open different template file - metric one

GoodLuck

[BIGAL]

As I am in Australia we work metric all the time .

 

Draw either in mm or metres ie 1:1 use your layout tabs for scaling. Most text is readable at 2.5mm. use a scale factor to multiple or reduce in metres scale 1:100 text 0.25 high.

 

As we work in Civil design and in metres you will find that your hatch patterns need to be set a lot smaller sometimes even 0.005. use your dimscale factor to set up your dimensions as before 1"=25.4 mm so divide by this amount. We use arrows and text of 2.5mm height.

 

hope this helps make sure you use ISO styles and metric Template.

[studionovaa]

The first question to answer is if you are doing "hard" metric or "soft" metric. Hard would be drawing in metric scale; soft would be drawing in imperial and having the dimensions converted to metric. Either way you can use viewport scale to "print" the drawing in metric. Luckily, 1/4" = 1' is close to 1:50 (eg 1:48) and 1/8" is close to 1:100 (eg 1:96).

 

If you are doing hard, you need to change your units from architectural to decimal. Typical dimensioning is in milimeters, so [30'-0"] reads as [9144].

 

If you are doing soft, then you need to set up dim styles that convert from imperial to metric. The key factor is 1" = 25.4 mm. Use this scale factor to convert to metric units. If you want to show the imperial measurment too, use the alt units option, with a scale factor of 1/25.4 or 0.0393701

[hmvince]

As I am in Australia we work metric all the time.

 

I noticed this and couldnt help to notice that you had the scale and dimensions for metric under control, I am using AutoCAD 2008 (I know its old but it is whats available to me) and I cant seem to get the metric thing under control, and I would like it to print on an A4 piece of paper at a scale of 1:100. Do you think you would be able to attach a 2D .dwg with a few lines and dimensions on it so I could work off that?

Thankyou so much.