AutoCAD 2013 :: Scaling A 3D Drawing

Oct 30, 2013

I'm trying to scale down 3D drawings but when I use the 3DSCALE command the perspective gets distorted.  Is there a way I can scale my drawing without messing up the perspective?

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AutoCad 2D :: Scaling Down 2D Drawing

May 20, 2013

I have a 2D drawing that is drawn if full scale, it is 26feet wide approximate and 20 feet tall. I need to scale down to fit on a 4 X 8 for a mockup, i have tried using the scale command, but to no avail.

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AutoCad :: Properly Scaling Drawing From PDF?

May 2, 2012

I need a way to properly scale a drawing that I've pulled into AC..

Example, I get a drawing for customer in PDF that I have to trace into AC. Said PDF is marked 1/4 = 1. Up to this point I've been guessing at accuracy by measuring doors to 3'. I know this cannot be the prefered way

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AutoCad :: Dimension Scaling Within A Drawing?

Nov 23, 2011

When I upload a drawing from the internet I save it as a wblock.when I insert it into my exixsting drawing it is not scaled to the same dimensions as the rest of the drawing.

I change the units to the same as the drawing befeore I save it as Wblock. But Im still having this Problem.

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AutoCAD Civil 3D :: Scaling - Units In Drawing

Oct 16, 2012

I have a drawing that was given to me by an architect with a scale 1:250 (0.004 in viewport). The architect drew everything in millimeters and it's a Site Plan, why ? I do not know. The units in the drawing are decimal-millimeters.

The page set-up for layout 1 was for 24x36 drawing size (typ.)I know need to make a layout 2 for a sheet size 11x17 but I can not get my viewport to scale correctly. So, if a 24x36 sheet size had a VP with scale 0.004 (1:250) then what is the scale for a sheet size 11x17 ?

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AutoCad 2D :: Scaling Individual Entities In A Drawing

Oct 26, 2012

I have a dxf file that consists of multiple rectangles (filled). I need to keep the X-Y position of each rectangle / entity the same but scale the size of the rectangle.

So for example, scale by -10%. If its a filled rectangle centered at (1,1) size (2,2) I need it to be centered at (1,1) and size (1.8, 1..

DXF is a text file and I can write a piece of VBA code to go through, decode the text, find the rectangles, scale, save the text file back to DXF.

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AutoCad :: Scaling Text In Xreferenced Drawing?

Jul 26, 2012

I'm currently using Autocad 2012, how I can scale a text in viewport whose drawing was referenced in the model view.

fyi the referenced drawing is a survey drawing.

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AutoCad :: Matching Scaling To Drawing Details?

Jun 17, 2011

I downloaded a free PDF to DWG converter and converted a land survey PDF to DWG, subsequently i imported the file to ACAD 2006 LT.

I would like to be able to dimension the drawing using the dimensions from the PDF, this would require some form of rescaling.

I've attached the file, you can see the line i've dimensioned is 80,6 units whereas the drawing is detailed 312.63 feet - how do i make them match?

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AutoCad :: Scaling Drawing - 1/48 Xp Is 1/4" Scale

Sep 22, 2009

I am using the dinosaur version of autocad 14. I know it is old but is working great for what I want to do. I learned on 12 and was using 14 when I stopped working 10 years ago.

I am having trouble scaling my drawing. I remember that 1/48 xp is 1/4" scale. 1/64 ?? is that 1/8" scale?? 1/24 is 1/2" scale.

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AutoCad :: Use Layout To Print - Scaling Drawing

May 25, 2011

Scale in Layout. I drew my drawing in mm , and I want to use Layout to print it like I saw in a video, but how do I scale my drawing? For example, the counter and shelf I drew is 1:1 in the Model workspace(1600 by 2000mm) but in Layout, for printing on to an A3 sized paper how do I get it to print in 1:40 or something of that sort?

Right now I'm printing by using Fit To Paper with the dimensions included, but I notice our contractors are using 1:30, 1:40 etc. , my boss doesn't mind since I include the dimensions but I reckon it might cause problems in the future.

And is it possible to just select anything in my selection window, even 3/4 of a line? Because right now, I can only select the whole line no matter what, I only want 1/2 of it because I want to cut the whole drawing in half and move it apart.

By the way, is it possible to customize the panel? Instead of switching between tabs constantly, can I make my own panel? I googled this and tried using CUI but it is confusing. I just want certain sections grouped into 1 bar. Like... Draw/Modify/Attach/Windows all on the first panel.

I really want to be able to type in certain commands without hitting Enter, is that possible? If I hit M, it will move the object without me hitting Enter. Can that be done? Maybe not M, maybe Alt+1 to move, Alt+2 to Scale etc. etc.

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AutoCAD 2013 :: How To Set DWG Scaling For 1cm Equals To 1in

Oct 28, 2013

I need to know how to set up my dwg so that 1cm = 1in. when I'm drawing.

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AutoCAD 2013 :: Plot Scaling

Dec 13, 2012

Lets say that I want d drawing to be printed on scalw 1:50 why do I need to input at the plot properties 20mm to 1 unit in order to get it correct?

Also different question. If i want to print on paper roll and the one dimension of my drawing is 297 (A3) and the other dimension is undifined how can i set the paper size? Because under the drop down menu paper size the sizes are all fixed.

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AutoCAD 2013 :: Civil Tag Scaling

Oct 25, 2013

We receive site survey dwgs generated in Civil 3D that contain 3D topos with elevation tags. The elevation tags are clearly scalabe anno objects that scale correctly in the received civil dwg. The elevation tags won't scale correctly in our dwgs - they come in too small to see. 

- Both dwg's have units set to decimal.

- I tried copying / pasting the viewport from the civil dwg to our dwg and the text is still too small. This tells me it's a dwg specific variable and not a viewport setting.

- I have Civil 3D object enabler installed, though I don't think this has any bearing.

It would be nice to use the original tags and not have to re-create every elevation tag.

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AutoCAD 2013 :: Scaling 2d Objects

Mar 13, 2013

I am having problems to scale 2d objects I use the command scale but when it request a base point it said "extremely small scale factor ignored" I have to do this 5 or 6 times until the command works.

The other thing is that I can not do a 1 dimension scale in 2D.

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AutoCAD 2013 :: Scaling After Insert

Jan 21, 2013

This is in Acad 2013.  This wasn't happening last week, and I don't know what changed.  I have a small drawing file with a few point blocks with attributes and some lines I'm trying to insert into a main drawing.  I've made sure that both files are set to "unitless" in the following variables:

INSUNITS = 0
INSUNITSDEFSOURCE = 0
INSUNITSDEFTARGET = 0

I've run SCALELISTEDIT on both files and reset them to "metric and imperial scales", and saved both files. The base points in both drawings are 0,0,0.  Both files are in the WCS.

I've run audit on both files.  I've run purge in the main drawing to make sure it doesn't already contain a definition of the small drawing.  I've rebooted the PC and restarted acad.

When I insert the small drawing into the main drawing, the points come in at the correct coordinates.  But the lines connecting them and the point block attributes are scaled up by 39.3700787400 and are far away. 

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AutoCAD Civil 3D :: Scaling Drawing In Model Space

Dec 19, 2012

i'm working on a drawing started by someone else. They do everything in model space...no paperspace and no viewports. drawing and border are both in model space. I'm not used to just model space. 

How do i set the scale of the drawing in model space? do i need to use different size borders to get the correct scale? I'm drawing everything 1:1 and i need my final prints to be on 11x17 paper. 

on a previous drawingi see that they used a scale of 1/16"=1' but how they determined this scale. going thru other sheets in the setd of drawings it seems that they used different border sizes (but all are printed on 11x17 paper)...some are printed not to scale if they have no set scale...like details. 

example of what i need to do: 

I need to show a building rooftop plan view (the entire rooftop) on one sheet. on the next sheet i need to zoom into a portion of the rooftop.

normally i would use viewports to do this. but in model space i dont see how this is done. do i need to have a set of different size borders? but how then can i print them on 11x17 without using "scale to fit"?

acad C3D 2011

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AutoCAD 2010 :: Drawing Portions Randomly Scaling?

Jan 9, 2013

I work in both metric and imperial dimensions. I specify european cabinetry, and most of the architectural drawings i receive are for US clientelle so they're in ft and inches. When dimensioning, it's important that the cm dimensions are accurate for the factory, but the inches are accurate for the contractors.

So my drawing had 1 plan and 4 elevations. All drawn correctly. All scaled together, never one at a time. Yesterday morning everything printed correctly with this drawing.

Randomly, after some very minor changes to the drawing, 1 elevation remained at the correct scale and the plan, and 3 elevations randomly scaled down and at different scales from each other. Also, when i plotted this to a printer it matched what was on the screen. When i plotted it to PDF immediately after, the PDF's reflected 5 totally different scales where all 5 drawings and didn't match the screen or print. For example: a cabinet height in one elevation was 87cm, the next 86cm , and the next 83.9cm. Printed to pdf at totally different dimensions (see attached).

The file was closed and reopened, and the plan, and 2 different elevations were at an even different scale, smaller scale than before. They more closely matched what I got when plotting to a PDF.

I purged, and audited (no errors found), I copied only the bare bones necessary info into a new document, and scaled everything by reference to the size it needed to be. Most of the drawing automatically corrected themselves to the correct dimensions with the one step.

However, certain lines on my plans scaled at a far greater scale, while one wall was accurate, and one wall was off just a fraction. So even though i selected the entire thing and scaled it up together, different layers scaled differently. Basically i had to redraw the plan almost entirely.

The same happened with 3 of the 4 elevations. One section scaled correctly, one section scaled more than it should have and made that portion off.

So i had to redo that elevation as well.I created guidelines and set them where they need to be to align every single wall and cabinet and locked the layer in the hopes that if things move again, the guides will remain.

This has happened randomly with drawings previously, but only by a degree of .1 to .3 cm.  I figured this was from scaling the drawings and dimension accuracy. While that was annoying, it was minor. This time we're looking at 2-8 inches difference which can really mess up a job if unnoticed.

what could cause only portions of drawings to scale differently than the rest and at random times even when the scale command hasn't been used? And between closing a document and reopening it? AND from printing to a printer and to a PDF?

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AutoCAD Architecture :: Scaling Makes The Drawing Disappear

Jun 15, 2013

I have a building plan that needs to be in 1:100. When put my drawing into the new layout its there. Then when I change the scale, my drawing disappears.

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AutoCAD 2013 :: Scaling Blocks / Objects

Jun 13, 2012

When I type in the command "SC" for scaling the object, it'll asks me to specify base point then I can enter what scale I want it to be, such as 2 times or 0.5 for half sacle.

with the new 2013 version, sometimes it'll exit the command if I select the insertion point of the block or if the object is at the 0,0,0 location of the drawing.  it'll also give a message of "the scaling factor is too small".  But I haven't enter what scale I want to scale the object yet. 

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AutoCAD 2013 :: Multileader Scaling On Palette

Jul 30, 2012

Is there a way to set the Multileader scale for DIMSCALE when it is on the tool palette like you are able to do with every other block? Maybe a lisp routine so set the Multileader style and to dimscale?

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AutoCAD 2013 :: Copy And Paste Scaling

Oct 31, 2013

I still have a problem with copy and pasting drawings in the right units. I checked discussions but nothing seems to work. To make things less confusing for me I'll explain the situation in detail:

- I have a drawing file, in metres, that I want to copy to another file.

- My second drawing, in inches, is where I want to paste the drawing from the first file.

Let's say I have a line that's 1 m in the first drawing. When I paste onto the second drawing, it pastes as 1 in.

I tried insunits, units, etc. but it always comes out small when I paste it. Manually scaling the files will lose the accuracy.

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Sep 3, 2012

I'm currently trying to make an MV block which is a combination of a 2D symbol and its 3D representation. I want the 2D symbol to scale in line with the annotation scale so have set the annotative flag on my symbol block but I do not want the 3D representation to scale so this does not have the flag set. However, when I put the two blocks into my MV block and then alter the annotation scale, both the 2D and 3D blocks both scale.

Is there something more that I need to be doing to to make the two blocks act independently and comply with the annotative flag set on them? I have seen this behaviour work on MEP2013 but can't see anything different on its 'devices' and my simple blocks.

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AutoCAD 2013 :: Scaling XREF Drawings

Apr 29, 2013

When I import a drawing using XREF command from one file to the new file the scaling between model space becomes all messed up. making the adjustments between the two?

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AutoCAD 2013 :: Scaling Objects Correctly To Fit In Paperspace?

Oct 26, 2012

how you get objects, say i drew a rectangle, to the correct size from model space to paper space. And why when you change the dimensions of an object to meters from milimeters, does it not change the size of the object on paperspace when it's at the same scale.

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AutoCAD 2013 :: Material Image Scaling For Rendering

Dec 20, 2012

I'm rendering an equipment shelter that sits atop a gravel pad.  I've picked the "Gravel Crushed" material, and it looks OK, but I'd like to be able to scale the material so it isn't so "fine".  I'd like it to be more coarse. 

How to change the scale of the material?

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AutoCad 2D :: Use Paper Space Units For Scaling In 2013

Feb 11, 2013

I have just upgraded from AutoCAD 2008 to 2013 so I'm unfamiliar with the latest set up & dont' have time to explore it properly yet. I see that 2013 has a different projection method for paper space views but for the present I am still using solview & soldraw which I am familiar with to get my work done on time.

In 2008 the 'Linetype manager' page let you tick a box 'Use paper space units for scaling' so that different paper space view ports would automatically scale line types to suit the viewport scale. To draw details of parts of a view I would normally copy the basic solview view port, alter its property to a layer named VPORT, scale this viewport to the desired scale to show what I want to detail & the linetypes would automatically scale so that they appear the same as in the original solview view port.

This pick box is not in the linetype manager page in 2013, how can I achieve this?

I have MSLTSCALE >0, LTSCALE>0.5 & PSLTSCALE >1

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Dec 15, 2013

When I have to scale something after bringing it in from another drawing (Windows copy, paste), usually (but strangely not always, it seems) the dimension text and arrows are all messed up.  If I scale down, they are (obviously) way too big, up, and they are microscopic.  How is this best avoided / dealt with?  I imagine it is something with the DIMSTYLE not being copied over or something?

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How do I accurately set the scale on a raster underlay based on 2 (or more) points where I know the distance between them?

In fact I would like to do this on 2 axes separately so that it stretches.

I am used to georeferenceing like this and getting raster underlays the right shape for the coordinate system I am using. How I can do this in AutoCAD, which used a very simple coordinate system.

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