Hi all. Help please
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Topic: Hi all. Help please
Posted By: timberbuild
Subject: Hi all. Help please
Date Posted: 07.May.2011 at 11:13
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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. ------------- info@personalbuildings.co.uk http://www.personalbuildings.co.uk http://www.ecotimberbuilding.co.uk |
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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 07.May.2011 at 12:28
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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." <<AutoCAD 2015>> |
Posted By: timberbuild
Date Posted: 07.May.2011 at 12:35
Ok thanks that is proberly where im going wrong, i'll give it a go . ------------- info@personalbuildings.co.uk http://www.personalbuildings.co.uk http://www.ecotimberbuilding.co.uk |
Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 07.May.2011 at 21:24
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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." <<AutoCAD 2015>> |