Complete novice-help on line scale please!

[JoM]

Hi,

I have used AutoCAD before but only editing existing drawings, now I have come to start my own drawing from scratch I am struggling!

I have only got as far as choosing a metric template, then when I draw a line, type in the line length in mm it shoots of the edge of the page.

I have read a few posts about changing the Units - It is currently set to Decimal millimetres.

There must be a quick fix but I cant find it! Can anyone help? Just want to write '1000' in the command line and for it to draw 1m.

[Tiger]

Your problem is not in Units, its that you are not zoomed out far enough. Start the zoom command by typing Zoom at the commandline and then hit E for Extents. Now you should see your whole line and you can use the scroll-wheel (or start Zoom again and hit enter for Real-Time) to zoom more or less.

[JoM]

Oh now it makes sense! Thanks so much!

[ReMark]

AutoCAD draws in units. One unit can equal one millimeter, one centimeter, one meter, one whatever-you-want-it-to-be.

 

The cardinal rule of AutoCAD is that you draw your objects in model space at FULL size.

[Tiger]

Glad to help