Scaling question...

[ChadPoehland]

Heres what Im trying to do: I have a 24x36 template that I put into paperspace and I create a viewport inside the template to put my drawing. Im trying to get that drawing at a 1" = 40' scale but Im not sure how. I can use the 1/32" = 1' which makes it a 1" = 32' scale, but in the custom scale underneath that when I enter 1/40" = 1' it wont let me do that... Hopefully this makes sense, and any ideas would be much appreciated.

[CarlB]

1"=40' is a scale of 1:480. can you enter that?

 

Another way to control scale is using "zoom" "xp". You would type "1/40xp" for the zoom scale.

[ChadPoehland]

1"=40' is a scale of 1:480. can you enter that?

 

Another way to control scale is using "zoom" "xp". You would type "1/40xp" for the zoom scale.

 

That doesnt seem to be working. Heres what I do step by step:

 

1. Click on my viewport

2. Click on properties

3. Go to viewport

4. Under custom scale I type in 1:480

 

All it does is automatically go down to the next box down (UCS per viewport) and it wont acknowledge my custom scale that I put in...

 

Am I doing something wrong?

[CarlB]

Did you:

 

Under "standard scale" select "custom"

Under "display locked" select "no"

[tzframpton]

That doesnt seem to be working. Heres what I do step by step:

 

1. Click on my viewport

2. Click on properties

3. Go to viewport

4. Under custom scale I type in 1:480

 

All it does is automatically go down to the next box down (UCS per viewport) and it wont acknowledge my custom scale that I put in...

 

Am I doing something wrong?

don't use the Properties box for a custom scale like that. open the Viewports Toolbar. click once on the viewport, go to the toolbar and click inside the pulldown box, and type this exactly:

 

1"=40'

 

that should give you the scale you're wanting.

[ChadPoehland]

Alright I got it figured out. I changed everything in units from architectural to decimal and then I put as the scale 1:40 which works fine. The only problem is that our printer prints a little bigger than what my template is and it screws up the scale by a tiny bit... but I think I can figure it out. Thanks for your help!!!

[JZuniga80]

go to paperspace, double-click inside your viewport to jump inside it from paperspace, or type MS and hit enter. then do the following commands

 

zoom

1/480xp

 

this should set ur viewport to 1" = 40'-0"

 

then type PS then hit enter, or double-click outside ur viewport. if u need to scale to a certain scale useing 1" = X', multiply x by 12 and use it in this way 1/"X"xp.

 

 

example: 1 = 20'-0" ----> 1/240xp

 

when u use ur zoom command, input 1/240xp and hit enter, and ur done. hope this helps. this is using architectural units ofcourse, not decimal.