Drawing in desired unit of measurement
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Topic: Drawing in desired unit of measurement
Posted By: knowlzy0791
Subject: Drawing in desired unit of measurement
Date Posted: 11.Oct.2013 at 19:54
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Brand new to the AutoCAD world, before I have been using VcarvePro (very simple drawing program) I took an online crash course in the basic operations of AutoCAD LT 2013, in the course it did not cover how to draw in the desired unit of measurement, only covered how to translate it when scaling before printing the job. Is it possible to set my program up so that I draw in inches so I do not have to do that? Cheers!
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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 11.Oct.2013 at 21:24
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The default setup for AutoCAD is a template geared towards imperial units (there is a different one for metric users) and it uses decimal inches. So three quarters of an inch would be .75 while three eights of an inch would be .375 and so on. Does this fit your needs? BTW...you can change the units that you work in and their precision via the UNITS command. You probably covered this in class but just forgot in all the excitement of learning something new. Oh, and one more thing. Always draw everything in model at full size no matter if it is a flash drive or the world's tallest building. Your teacher mentioned that as well didn't he? ------------- "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: knowlzy0791
Date Posted: 11.Oct.2013 at 21:43
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yes that should accommodate perfectly. It wasn't a teacher, someone just wrote out step by step instructions on the functions of the different commands so their really wasn't any personal usage examples to the class. All I can do now is start using the program and work on utilizing the different tools appropriately! I will take your advice and always draw to full size scale, seems like the easiest and least faulty way to do these kinds of things. I appreciate your feedback and help! Cheers!
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John Connor wrote:Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 11.Oct.2013 at 21:44
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I hope you either 1) didn't pay for the class or 2) got a refund! LoL No problemo dude. ------------- "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: knowlzy0791
Date Posted: 11.Oct.2013 at 22:10
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lol no I didn't pay for the class, definitely would not of been happy if I had!
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Posted By: laurencejsmith
Date Posted: 17.Oct.2013 at 23:57
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yes, imperial is the 'out of box' AutoCAD way. AutoCAD, however, doesn't know the fricken diff between a millimeter and an inch. Its all units. You tell Autocad what those units are. You set the units in a pop-up (command UNITS). Mr. Conner is correct in saying that you should always draw in model space at 1:1, but it's best to decide your UNITS first. If you have learned AutoCad from a quick lesson written out on a bar room napkin, then good luck and go to it! All the best! Laurence ------------- L.J.Smith |
Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 18.Oct.2013 at 12:07
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Yes, it's all units but you would be amazed to hear how many users (outside of the U.S.) who thought they were drawing in metric units started with the default (and wrong) template thus drawing in decimal inches instead. Why AutoDesk didn't make the choice clearer, up front, is beyond me. Maybe they never expected to be selling their program world wide. ------------- "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: knowlzy0791
Date Posted: 18.Oct.2013 at 14:36
hahaha thank you. It's all in good time!
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