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Page setup manager layout scale, please help

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 22:36:48 GMT

My page setup manager in layout has a standard scale setting of 1:1000

So 1mm (in paper space) equates to 1 unit in model space

Why am I unable to set scale to 1:1 as in the attached example video on youtube? (attached)

Autocad automatically changes 1mm paperspace to 0.001 unit in model space (attached)

Am I missing something?, I really do not understand it

Thanks

Re: Page setup manager layout scale, please help

john.vellek — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 22:54:54 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

Please run -DWGUNITS to see what your current drawing units are set to. I suspect that they are set to meters in which case the scaling you show makes sense.

Please select the Accept as Solution button if my post solves your issue or answers your question.

Re: Page setup manager layout scale, please help

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 11:44:34 GMT

Thanks John

You are correct the units are set to meters, I still find it a bit confusing because it should not matter what the units are? I have always learned that a scale (say 1:1000) means that the unit in the drawing is the same on paper divided by the scale factor. Can you explain the reasoning behind this scale factors autodesk is using?

Also what I do not understand is, when I click on a viewport to set a scale, the initial scale displayed is extremely small. as per attachment. Why is that, wand what does it represent?

Re: Page setup manager layout scale, please help

leothebuilder — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 15:27:35 GMT

As suggested, you should check the UNITS and make sure it is set to Millimeters.

If you work in construction, millimeters is the proper convention. Meters is used by civil engineers and surveyors.

Also make sure that you start with a metric template. That should provide you with the proper annotation scale settings in the task bar. You can use the SCALELISTEDIT command to change scale options or add and delete scale settings.

Re: Page setup manager layout scale, please help

leothebuilder — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 15:29:22 GMT

P.s. some European countries use centimeters I believe, if so set UNITS to centimeters.

Re: Page setup manager layout scale, please help

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:09:54 GMT

I found a very clear explanation here : https://www.cadmasters.com/techsupp/ldt/metric.html

Now it makes sense, thanks for responding.