vdubber87 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Hi, I'm new to the forum as well as to autocad. I have a one problem: I am trying to draw a floor plan, that has one side 90' long. When I change the units to Architectual>inches, and then enter 90' as my line length, the line becomes way too long to fit on the screen. This is clearly some sort of a scaling issue. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 zoom all regen limits off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Well you at least got the model space part correct. Always draw your model space objects at FULL size. However, when it comes to paper space now you should be using viewports and it is the viewport that a scale is assigned to. Since you are using imperial units (architectural) you should know that floor plans are usually plotted at 1/4"=1'-0" scale or 1/8"=1'-0". Part of this is dependent on the size of the paper you will be plotting to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdubber87 Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 Thanks for your reply. I tried this, but didn't seem to do much. I'll try explaining further: If I open the finished drawing (posted by the tutorial author), and move the mouse a few mm, the coordinate units change by A LOT (which is what I need). If, I open MY drawing model space, the units don't change NEARLY as much by moving the mouse a few mm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Let's clear something up right from the start. You are using "architectural" units (imperial) but you are, in your own words, moving the mouse a few mm (metric)? Something is wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdubber87 Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 ok, for every inch that I move the cursor on the COMPLETED drawing's model space, the numbers change by a 100x more, compared to MY model space. So I want to know how to set that on MY drawing as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 You used the phrase "model space' to describe both situations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdubber87 Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 #1 MODEL SPACE: move cursor 1 inch, units change from i.e 100.000 - 101.000 #2 MODEL SPACE: move cursor 1 inch, units change from i.e 100.00-200.000 How do I make #1 the same as #2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 It's been a confusing day. How many drawings are you working with here? Two? How about you post the drawing(s) and we'll take a look at them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdubber87 Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 ok I'll try to figure it out, and if I can't, I'll do that. Thanks a lot for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 You didn't happen to enable SNAP by any chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdubber87 Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 No, this is some scaling issue. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Are you using paper space and a viewport at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdubber87 Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 No, not familiar with those yet. I am just using model space. I'm following the tutorial at http://www.we-r-here.com! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 You have already set your units to architectural via the UNITS command right? And the tutorial instructs you to draw a line 90 feet long. Yes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdubber87 Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 I solved it! I just had to do Z > Scale > 0.1 THANKS! Now you can explain what that does haha? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdubber87 Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 Hm, that just seems to zoom out the object by a certain scale. Not quiet what I need! I'll look into it some more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 How about doing a Zoom > All? Can you see your whole line now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdubber87 Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 Yes...I get it now. It's a zooming issue, and once I zoom>All, it adjust the scale for that! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I think you figured it all on your own. Good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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