I have created a drawing in model space with a scale of 1:1. I am using an 11x17 paper size and I want to scale my viewport in paper space to 1/2"=1'-0". What happens is when I do so, the drawing inside the viewport appears tiny and does not plot to 1/2"=1'-0". I have never had this happen to me, I even downgraded to AutoCAD 2011 from 2014, and reinstalled it a couple of times, thinking it was a bug.
Normally, my printer does not print 11x17 so I plot it to an adobe PDF. I have checked that when I go and print, that it is printed to full scale, as to not "fit to page".
My drawing is set to decimal degrees.
I have also been having issues with the dimension style. But I think its more important to get my drawing to scale first.
I have drawings both in PAPERSPACE and a viewport containing drawings from MODELSPACE.
Any help would be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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1/2" = 1'-0" does not seem to be an appropriate scale for what is drawn in modelspace. The rectangle is only 3 1/2" long, so ploting at 1/2"= 1' would make it only a little over 1/8" on paper.
1/2" = 1'-0" could be used to show the floorplan of a small house, rather than something the size of a cell phone.