topic Re: Unit lengths not matching in model and paper space in AutoCAD Forum

Unit lengths not matching in model and paper space

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 20:08:58 GMT

Hello,

A 4unit line drawn in paper space is appearing much longer than a 4 unit line drawn in model space. The model space is accurate, but I am having trouble having the lengths in paper space match. Maybe there is a problem with the original set up in paper space?

Thanks for the help!

Re: Unit lengths not matching in model and paper space

Patchy — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 20:14:21 GMT

IT will never be the same unless the viewport scale is 1:1

Re: Unit lengths not matching in model and paper space

john.vellek — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 21:21:07 GMT

HI @gheusch,

Have you set the scale of your modelspace viewport to 1:1 as well? I made a quick video to show how this works on my side.

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

Re: Unit lengths not matching in model and paper space

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 20:22:45 GMT

Maybe I should explain this better. If I have a 16m dimension in my drawing, and I am printing it at a 1:4 scale, the line should measure 4cm on the page. But now, it is printing at 10cm. I'm not sure why its not scaling accurately.

Re: Unit lengths not matching in model and paper space

Patchy — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 20:32:03 GMT

one quarter of 16m is never 4cm ☺