printing to scale
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Topic: printing to scale
Posted By: allmostawake
Subject: printing to scale
Date Posted: 11.Feb.2011 at 01:15
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Hi folks, I'm in kind of a bind ( and new to ACAD) here and I really need some help ASAP. I'm using ACAD 2008 and I created a 2-d profile of a bookshelf in full scale. The problem is when I go to the tab/layout1 to put an "A" title block into it and try to scale the drawing to 1" = 1' I get something either to small or to big. Any quick answers? Thanks so much for your help. -bruce The geometry is 6'6" by about 3' |
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Posted By: griartejm
Date Posted: 11.Feb.2011 at 08:38
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how: to scale a drawing in layout tab.
answer:
put the title block into 1=1 scale,
then input to command line mv(short command for viewport).
double click the entity created(by the viewport command) and input these commands:
z(short command for zoom) and then
s(short command for scale) and then
(input scale factor desired along with a xp in the end.example)
1:10xp
then the viewport shall do the job.
------------- Balot Penoy! |
Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 11.Feb.2011 at 11:42
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You also have the option of setting the viewport scale via the VIEWPORT toolbar if it is enabled. Do you know how to enable toolbars? This method is easier than the Zoom > Scale > nXP method because it is direct. The VIEWPORT toolbar has a list of scales you can pick from directly. So if you want a scale of 1"=1' that's what you pick.
------------- "Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>> |
Posted By: allmostawake
Date Posted: 16.Feb.2011 at 08:37
| Thank you very much. That is certainly the easiest way to do it. I've got a new ? for you. Just above the command line is the View port tool bar right? The one with the two sets of annotation scales.How do I turn that on and off? Thanks |
Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 16.Feb.2011 at 11:47
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If you are talking about Viewport Scale, in your Tray, then right-click in an empty grey area and deselect Viewport Scale. On my system this is located at the very bottom of my screen BELOW the command line. If you actually have the Viewport toolbar sitting above your command line there should be a white "X" in the upper right-hand corner of the toolbat itself that will close it out. ------------- "Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>> |
allmostawake wrote:Posted By: HAWDesigner
Date Posted: 16.Feb.2011 at 15:15
I think he's actually talking about the Annotation Scales. That 'toolbar' really isn't a toolbar and I haven't found a way to turn it off completely. All you can do is hide a few of the features (as in the image above). Good Luck!! ------------- -- R. Williams AutoCAD 2010 Certified Professional <!-- If all else fails hit F1 --> <<AutoCAD 2009 |
Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 16.Feb.2011 at 19:28
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If he is talking about Annotation Scales, in the system tray, then that too can be disabled. ------------- "Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>> |
Posted By: HAWDesigner
Date Posted: 17.Feb.2011 at 00:12
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Enlighten us o great Jedi Master. Oops... wrong movie.  ------------- -- R. Williams AutoCAD 2010 Certified Professional <!-- If all else fails hit F1 --> <<AutoCAD 2009 |
Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 17.Feb.2011 at 12:02
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Semantics. You say "hide" and I say "disable". Either way, it is possible to make the Annotation Scales feature, in the system tray, not visible. There, is that better? ------------- "Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>> |
Posted By: HAWDesigner
Date Posted: 17.Feb.2011 at 16:51
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LOL...no, actually, I was hoping you would step me through actually disabling (or hiding) that Annotative Scales area. I truly can't figure out how. EDIT: It's obvious that you can "hide" (uncheck) those 3 features, but that does not remove the entire area from the screen. ------------- -- R. Williams AutoCAD 2010 Certified Professional <!-- If all else fails hit F1 --> <<AutoCAD 2009 |
Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 17.Feb.2011 at 17:19
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I thought the OP just wanted to rid his system tray of that one item. You want to kill the entire tray? TRAYICONS - Set it to zero. Problem solved. ------------- "Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>> |
Posted By: HAWDesigner
Date Posted: 17.Feb.2011 at 17:36
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I see now that the 'toolbar' the OP was referring to is called the "Drawing Status Bar" and it consists of two primary groups (the Annotation Icons and the Tray Icons). But even though everything is 'turned off', the bar remains. Anyways, thank you for the tip on the [VAR]TRAYICONS[/VAR] command.  ------------- -- R. Williams AutoCAD 2010 Certified Professional <!-- If all else fails hit F1 --> <<AutoCAD 2009 |
Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 17.Feb.2011 at 17:47
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The OP can always resort to pressing the Clean Screen button for wiping everything. ------------- "Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>> |