scale and view
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Printed Date: 22.Apr.2026 at 10:32
Topic: scale and view
Posted By: Bill Hale
Subject: scale and view
Date Posted: 06.Feb.2009 at 17:16
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I am reworking a map of Puerto Penasco Mexico amd having a scaling problem. The drawing is a .pdf to .dwg conversion and has all been redrawn. On the drawing measurement is where 1st problem is. Using measure on a line I get 1765 ft on list it shows 1800 ft and on print it scales to 1500 ft. I want all to be 1800 ft.
2nd problem is after printing a window it is leaving the window in black on the drawing view on the computer.
In all my years of Autocad LT use I have never had these problems.
All help is appresiated. Bill Hale ------------- Bill Hale |
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Posted By: Arben.Allaraj
Date Posted: 07.Feb.2009 at 08:11
Have you changed units precision in Dimstyle.? ------------- Ing Arben.Allaraj http://cad-drafting-corner.blogspot.com |
Bill Hale wrote:Posted By: Bill Hale
Date Posted: 07.Feb.2009 at 19:19
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Not that I know of.
Please what should each, that would effect this, be set at ?
Bill ------------- Bill Hale |
Posted By: Bill Hale
Date Posted: 07.Feb.2009 at 19:32
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Also I had ask about the last printed area showing on the drawing with a black background. ------------- Bill Hale |
Posted By: Bill Hale
Date Posted: 09.Feb.2009 at 16:18
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Is this such a dumb question that knowone wants to answer? Or is it that ?
PLEASE HELP ------------- Bill Hale |
Posted By: Arben.Allaraj
Date Posted: 09.Feb.2009 at 17:20
Bill Send here any screenshot when you want to print. ------------- Ing Arben.Allaraj http://cad-drafting-corner.blogspot.com |
Posted By: rossassociates
Date Posted: 12.Feb.2009 at 16:12
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Which version of LT are you using? You can either freeze a layer, which you don't want to print, or set it to not print in layer control/manager (at least you can in ACAD 2005), but still be shown onscreen. Can you confirm the following : You have a line on a drawing, if you measure it, within LT it tells you that it's 1765 long.. If you select the element, it tells you that it's 1800 long. If you print it, and then measure it it's 1500 long? OR You measured a line from a pdf or other (physical) drawing and it's 1765.. or you know it's 1765. But after conversion, within LT it's 1800 long. Then it prints at 1500 long... If the latter. I think you need to scale the items to make them resize in the drawing from 1800 to 1765. Then you need to check the Layout tab to see if the drawing is printing at 1:100 or some known scale. Or are you sending it to a file and then checking it? It sounds like the scale has been adjusted in some unexpected way when it's printed.. or possibly you aren't printing from the Layout tab or maybe "fit to page"? |
Posted By: Rman
Date Posted: 13.Feb.2009 at 03:23
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Bill, I'll do it on my easy way. Firstly, take 1800/1765 = 1.01983. Then use this (1.01983) as a scale factor when you scale all your drawing (in model space). Your dwg now at 1:1.
You may know how to deal with Layout after this for plotting task.
If you do plotting by 'pick window' in model space, then you'll get black rectangle in your screen. Try plotting from Paper space instead of Model space.
good luck,
Rman.
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Posted By: rossassociates
Date Posted: 13.Feb.2009 at 10:48
| I think Bill has worked this out for himself, but posted this information in another post.... |