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2 sclaes in 1 pdf drawing

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akhlaghinejad
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2 sclaes in 1 pdf drawing

Hello,

I usually takeoff the quantities of our bid projects with Autocad (Like sq. ft. , length and ....). we have a civil drawing in pdf which has 2 scales. is there any way i can scale this image in autocad the way i have one scale for horizontal and one for vertical? i have attached the drawing. Thanks for the help
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If you are using Civil 3d 2010, use the Quantity Takeoff portion of the program and apply the scale factor to the area...
Matthew Anderson, PE CFM
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Autodesk (Innovyze)
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i have civil 09, and could you explain more? thx
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From my quick view of your PDF file, the file contains cross-sections.



Typically cross-sections are drawn with a vertical exxageration so that small changes in the cross-section are plainly visible.



I would import your PDF and scale it to the horizontal scale. Jig your areas.



Since you are using 2009, and you want the area of the base course, use a field and apply the factor to scale that down.



For example, if your scales are 1"=100' H, and 1"=10' vertical, your areas are a factor of 10 off. (10 times the vertical distance)



If your base is area scale 100 sq. ft, then that section is actually 10 sf. (100/10 = 10)



An AutoCAD field allows you to apply the factor to your field easily.



Matthew Anderson, PE

Matthew Anderson, PE CFM
Product Manager
Autodesk (Innovyze)

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