unit of measurement
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Topic: unit of measurement
Posted By: lupus08091978
Subject: unit of measurement
Date Posted: 26.Aug.2013 at 08:09
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Hello together:
my question:
I want to print the drawn line in 1/1 millimeter.
for example:
I use the command to draw a 100x100 quadraht
I use the Dimension and get on all four sides
the dimensions 100.
Now I would like to print this object
but the dimensions of the pressure is not equal to 100
what setting is needed to obtain a 1/1 drawing
thanks in advance
Christian Wolff
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Posted By: philippe JOSEPH
Date Posted: 26.Aug.2013 at 09:55
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Hello lupus, I supose that you want tp print an A4 format ( 297 x 210 mm ) or A3 format ( 420 x 297 mm ).
I propose you to draw a rectangle of 297x210 mm ( or 420x297 mm ) to send on your printer.
Your little printer has margins that will spoil the scale of your print but when you will launch the plot you will have the message in the printer dialog box :
Plot scale : ( Apply Fit to paper ) 1 mm = 1.05 unit ( for example ).
If you do a copy/scale of your 297x210 / 1.05 = 282.857... x 200.000..., then when you print this rectangle of 282... x 200... the print will be at scale 1/1.
You can use this rectangle ( I use a double rectangle with the exact + little format together ) for a 1/1 scale.
You can do a scale by x 5 for a 1/5 print directly from the model space or use it at scale 1/1 in the layout space and open a viewport.
 Please tell us if this helped or not.
Ask for more and have a good day.
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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 26.Aug.2013 at 11:43
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What size paper will you be printing to? Are you going to make use of a paper space layout with at least one viewport or are you going to print directly from model space? ------------- "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: John Connor
Date Posted: 26.Aug.2013 at 13:21
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I'll assume we are talking about a 100x100 millimeter square. You should have no problem printing it at a 1:1 scale on a A4 size piece of paper. The best method to use would be one that takes advantage of a paper space layout and a viewport. The viewport should be on its own layer and use a distinct color (something different than the layer/color of your model space objects). It is the viewport that a scale is applied to. Since you are then plotting from a layout your layout scale should be 1 unit = 1 mm. Do NOT use the "Fit to Paper" option. ------------- "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: philippe JOSEPH
Date Posted: 26.Aug.2013 at 14:40
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Hello John, I'm back after my summer hollidays.
Why not using an already dimensionned A4 rectangle that you put in your model of layout space ( with his other shorter rectangle showing the surface reaaly printed ), so that you can arrange your drawing, titles, texts, etc... and make sure that nothing is comming out of your selection to be printed at the exact scale that you want?
After all paper plans that you have in hand have this too.
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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 26.Aug.2013 at 14:45
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We have no idea what the OP's intentions are at this moment other than getting a 100x100 square printed on a piece of paper. He never even stated what size paper. You've been on a summer holiday this entire time? I thought maybe you died, retired or ran off with a pretty woman. ------------- "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: John Connor
Date Posted: 26.Aug.2013 at 14:47
 A4 size paper. Viewport on its own layer (color: magenta). The box is 1:1. ------------- "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: philippe JOSEPH
Date Posted: 26.Aug.2013 at 15:00
| Hello again John, I will try thinking in 2 of your 3 options for me. |
Posted By: rogerrabbit113
Date Posted: 17.Dec.2013 at 02:55
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what is the lineweight of Color 6-Magenta per standard practice? is it heavier or thicker than Color 5-Blue? Please let me know. Thanks you.. ------------- rabbit |
Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 17.Dec.2013 at 11:34
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It is the same unless you make it otherwise. Not sure why you decided to post your question in a thread about units of measurement. New topics deserve new threads. ------------- "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: philippe JOSEPH
Date Posted: 17.Dec.2013 at 13:00
 hello Roger, find here the way to post a new topic.
For your topic about line weight, do you use stb and/or ctb files to configurate your plots ?
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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 17.Dec.2013 at 14:32
Lineweight can be assigned in the Layer Properties Manager. Lineweight can also be assigned in your plot style. You can also make a line appear to be thicker by making it a polyline and assigning a width to it. And it used to be possible on some pen plotters to override software settings and assign a weight to a line via the printer's own settings although I don't know if that is still an option anymore. I haven't looked. ------------- "Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>> |
rogerrabbit113 wrote: