topic Re: Schematic model out of proportions in AutoCAD Electrical Forum

Schematic model out of proportions

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 06:02:02 GMT

Hey guys, slowly ripping my hair out to this issue...

Trying to start drawing on an A4 sheet using metric, but nothing ever comes at the right size.
First everything was so small i could barely see it on the view, then i did some block update and for sure the outer block on a PLC sized up, but all text inside sits over one another.

Schematic snip

Re: Schematic model out of proportions

testsubject — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 13:52:09 GMT

It almost looks like you are trying to draw using NFPA (inches) with the settings set to ISO (metric)

I might also recommend placing your titleblock in Paperspace and drawing the schematic in Modelspace. I find it easier this way.

What do these two screens show?

This is a setup for NFPA.

Re: Schematic model out of proportions

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 07:08:26 GMT

You're probably right.
I can't find a way to switch to metric models

Re: Schematic model out of proportions

jseefdrumr — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:23:12 GMT

Switching libraries is done in the Project Properties screen. In the Project Settings tab, at the top, you see all of the paths that ACADE is using to locate things. (This is the same dialog as in your last screenshot.) The paths that says 'NFPA' are the ones that control your Menu Icon libraries. Use the browse button on the right to change them so they point to the library you need.