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actual print size on the screen (considering a particular scale)

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 14:30:00 GMT

hi,

how can i use the ZOOM SCALE command in paper space. Not the PREVIEW.

Example: 17-inch monitor, A4 paper, ZOOM SCALE = 1.65.

Note: For monitors of other sizes the ZOOM SCALE is different.

The above Scenario to have the actual print size automatically on the screen considering certain scale.

Actually i read about that and i don't know how to implement it . Could anyone help me and provide a screen shoots for that please?

Re: actual print size on the screen (considering a particular scale)

Alfred.NESWADBA — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 16:04:19 GMT

Hi,

welcome @Anonymous.autodesk.com!

>> 17-inch monitor, A4 paper, ZOOM SCALE = 1.65

To get what? And even more important, which display resolution, dpi scaling, ...

You can't compare monitor/display with paper, you can't set a zoom factor to be able to measure (with a ruler) anything on display to get the info about the length an object might have on paper. Just imagine how you would like to have an A0 paper displayed 1:1 on a 17" monitor.

Other situation: what will happen if you have a 17" monitor on your laptop + a 24" monitor as separate device and you have set the monitors to be cloned ... so you have the same display of a line (assume it's from left to right monitor border) ==> measure now that line on both monitors ==> different length on the ruler 😉 (next sample could be a beamer that displays your main display cloned, and the beamer changes it's distance to the presentation wall, also a proof that there is no "one zoom factor that makes a measurable length").

Use the command _DIST if you want to measure objects in AutoCAD and understand a monitor just as a relative device.

- alfred -

Re: actual print size on the screen (considering a particular scale)

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Dec 2016 10:56:44 GMT

Thanks Alfred.

Best,

Faten