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timberbuild View Drop Down
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    Posted: 07.May.2011 at 11:13
Hi everyone,
  I am new to autocad and know the basics im using autocad lt. I have downloaded Autocad WS on laptop and on iphone, im having problems with the unit settings i.e when drawing in normal cad i draw a line of 3000 (mm) in a scale of 1:50 when i download to autocad WS and use the Dimension tool it come up with 60.000 as the measurement. Please help.
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John Connor View Drop Down
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Points: 7175 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07.May.2011 at 12:28
The cardinal rule of AutoCAD is that everything you draw in model space should be drawn to FULL size no matter what the object is.  You could be drawing a paperclip one day and an ocean liner the next it doesn't matter to AutoCAD.  Scale should only come into play when you switch to your paper space layout and create a viewport.  It is the viewport that gets a scale assigned to it.
"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance."

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Ok thanks that is proberly where im going wrong, i'll give it a go .Smile
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Points: 7175 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07.May.2011 at 21:24
Do you know how to work with viewports in paper space or are you still learning?
"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance."

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