Hello, what software are you using : Autocad 2000, 2008, 2010 etc.

You'll need to go to your paper space layout and create one or more viewports to set up your views.  Any previous experience with this?

AutoCAD 2006?  The oldest version I can get my hands on is 2007 at the moment.  Comments below are based on that release.

In model space look at the "tray" at the bottom of your screen, specifically the lower left-hand side.  Do you see the word "Model"?  That's the toggle for Model and Paper space.  Click on it once to change to Paper space.

In paper space right-click on the tab that says Layout1.  Go to Page Setup Manager where you'll select your printer/plotter and set your page size.  I'm guessing you work in metric so set the scale as follows: 1 unit = 1mm.  Close the window.

You may, or may not, have one viewport already showing onscreen.  It may even contain all or some of the objects you created back in model space.

Activate the viewport by clicking inside it.  You are now in model space.  Do a Zoom > Extents so you can see all your model space objects.

Click outside of the viewport to get back into paper space.

Open your Properties palette.  Click on the viewport.  Look at Properties.  Do you see where it says Standard Scale and below it Custom Scale?  This is one area where you can change the scale of the viewport.  It does not physically change the size of your model space objects.  It only changes the scale they are being viewed at.  With me so far?

Go back to Properties.  Click in the box for Standard Scale.  An arrow should appear in the right hand corner.  Click on the arrow.  A drop-down box should appear with all the scales available to you that AutoCAD has seen fit to include.  You have the option of deleting scales and adding scales if you so desire.  Pick a scale, any scale, and watch what happens to the viewport display.

Some things you should consider.

Create a layer called Vports, assign it a color, and set the layer to "no plot".  Put all your viewports on this layer.

Viewports can be resized using their grips.

Viewports can be created with the MView command.

After you have assigned a scale to a particular viewport seriously consider locking the viewport display so that in the event you go back into the viewport to make some model space edits you do not inadvertently change the viewport scale.  An option for Display Locked can be seen on your Properties palette.

Got all this?


Edited by John Connor - 21.Sep.2011 at 18:38

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