Dimensions will not scale in Power Dimension

[Anonymous]

When I draft in ACAD Mechanical and choose power dimension (or any of the other dimesions on the drop down on the dimension tool bar) it will not dimension to the DIMSCALE, I have even tried inserting the scale via the DIMSTYLE route. However, when I insert a dimension via commands like DIMLINEAR and DIMANGLE they come in at scale. I do not have this problem with regular Autocad, and i also happens with my symbols (welding, leaders, machining). Any suggestions? Or is the route that you have to take in Mechanical? Thanks!

[michaelsu · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Power dimension behave differently from normal AutoCAD dimensions. You can find the following note in the help page below. Hope it helps.

http://docs.autodesk.com/AMECH_PP/2013/ENU/index.html?url=filesACM/GUID-7B1C5317-E960-49C8-A2F0-D32E...

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AutoCAD Mechanical uses several scaling mechanisms that are not available in AutoCAD. For example, scale areas allow model space to be divided into areas having different scales. Power dimensioning recognizes the different scales and automatically compensates for them (regular AutoCAD dimensions don't recognize scale areas). To preserve this behavior, you must leave scale related settings at their default values. Accordingly, do not to change the DIMLFAC and DIMSCALE system variables - leave them to be controlled by AutoCAD Mechanical.

Instead of using the DIMLFAC system variable, use the Units tab in the Power Dimensioning dialog box or use Scale Areas. Instead of using the DIMSCALE system variable, use the scale settings on the AM:Standards tab of the Options dialog box.

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[cmo67]

using Autocad Mechanical 2014,  Dimensions in paper space do not match the actual dimensions in model space.

DImlinear enters the correct dim in paper space, and power dimension enters the correct dim in model space.