AutoCAD 2007/2008/2009 DWG Format

[#1]

Sorry for the DBL post....


I have a line I've drawn at 10.00 in model space.....
I create a viewport and zoom 1/10xp (then lock my VP)

I click into the VP and do a distance, and come up with 10.00

I click back into PS and do a distance and come up with 10.00 WTF, last time I checked it should have read a distance of 1.00 not 10.00 what could the problem be?

[#2]

Same thing here.
From Help:

"...if you use the DIST command with object snaps on model space objects that are displayed within a single viewport, distances are reported in 2D model space units..."
In paperspace, if you draw a new line over the 10 unit long line you drew in modelspace, snapping to its endpoints, you will see that the new line is drawn 1 unit long.

[#3]

Thanks for the post but your really not answering what is causing the issue. I've been using CAD for almost 20 years and I know how it operates, what I don't understand is why it is returning in essence invalid information....

[#4]

Yep, this is the change in AutoCAD 2007. It wasn't like that in prior
versions.

Paul

wrote in message news:6307980@discussion.autodesk.com...
Sorry for the DBL post....


I have a line I've drawn at 10.00 in model space.....
I create a viewport and zoom 1/10xp (then lock my VP)

I click into the VP and do a distance, and come up with 10.00

I click back into PS and do a distance and come up with 10.00 WTF, last time
I checked it should have read a distance of 1.00 not 10.00 what could the
problem be?

[#5]

Nah, are you sure? I have been using 2007 since it came out and always got a "correct" (i.e. 10 in MS 1 in PS), when doing checks....

[#6]

check out ur dist command in help file

"Note When you work on a layout in paper space, distances are normally reported in paper space units. However, if you use the DIST command with object snaps on model space objects that are displayed within a single viewport, distances are reported in 2D model space units. When using the DIST command for 3D distances, it is recommended that you switch to model space."

[#7]

I can't find any reference to (and I've never heard of) a "system variable" that would make the DIST command behave differently under the circumstances you describe.
Perhaps you have been using a custom "distance" command that does the "conversion" for you and it recently stopped working for some reason.

[#8]

I've been using 2007 since it rolled out in my company you'd think that if what you guys/gals are saying is true, I would have made a comment about it a long time ago... Hmmm, to much eggnog maybe on my part ;-) ... Well then I guess I better get use to something that I've been ignoring for 2 years

[#9]

Nah, I'm the one who does all the customizing and set up of these machines.... hmmm based on what everyone is saying I'm apparently stuck in 2005

[#10]

Change brands of eggnog and btw nice WTF. =)