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AutoCAD Scaling for Mac HELP

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 23:35:10 GMT

Hello,

Please could I have some assistance with AutoCAD scaling on a Mac. My wonderful university has not installed AutoCAD on all 60 computers and my deadline is looming. I am having issues with understanding just how when setting the Viewport to 1:100mm (as this is what I work in UK) and the model I am scaling turns out to be tiny. Please advise me if I am doing something wrong here and if so what.

I have attached the screen shots to show you just what I am looking at. I scaled the paper to A2 (As you can see from the screen shot I attach). I am really not the best at using AutoCAD, so any simple advice would be greatly appreciated ASAP.

Thank you,

Charlotte

Re: AutoCAD Scaling for Mac HELP

fatal.error — Sat, 05 Jun 2021 00:33:56 GMT

First of all, you should check current unit settings in Model space:

Open the Model Space.
Type DWGUNITS in the Command Line.
If you're drawing in meters, type 6. If you're in centimeters, type 4. Hit enter.
Type 2 for decimal units. Hit Enter.
Type 2 to set two decimal places. Hit Enter.
Type Yes to scale objects upon insert. Hit Enter.
Type Yes to match insert units to drawing units. Hit Enter.
Type No to avoid scaling current objects. Hit Enter

Then you need to setup drawing scales accordingly.

Keep in mind that Layout units are in millimeters, while Model units are in meters/centimeters.

Type SCALELISTEDIT on the command line.
Scroll down to the 1:100 scale.
Right click the "1" next to "1:100" and type 1000 (assuming you're drawing in meters).
Click OK to save the changes.
Switch to layout, select the viewport and finally select again 1:100 scale.

If you draw in meters, you should edit all the remaining scales like this (save it as a template for future reuse):

If you draw in centimeters, instead of setting all to "1000", set them to "10".

PS 1:

You should create all new files from "acadiso.dwt" template (metric) instead of "acad.dwt" template (imperial).

PS 2:

There's a dedicated AutoCAD for Mac forum here https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-for-mac/ct-p/4051

Re: AutoCAD Scaling for Mac HELP

Anonymous — Sat, 05 Jun 2021 15:40:36 GMT

Hello,

Thank you so much for your assistance on this, great communication and I followed it with ease, thank you so much.

Best wishes,

Charlotte

Re: AutoCAD Scaling for Mac HELP

Anonymous — Sat, 05 Jun 2021 17:51:24 GMT

@Anonymous If I am drawing in mm what do I use, still 6? It also prompts me with Linear Units, what do I type for that? As now when I go to Layout and select 1:100mm it makes the drawing large, very large.

Re: AutoCAD Scaling for Mac HELP

fatal.error — Sat, 05 Jun 2021 18:24:18 GMT

If you're drawing in mm, select 3:

Command: -DWGUNITS Drawing units: 1. Inches 2. Feet 3. Millimeters 4. Centimeters 5. Decimeters 6. Meters

Linear units specify how many decimal units (precision) AutoCAD will show:

If you select 2, units will be e.g. 10,12m.
If you select 3, units will be e.g. 10,123m.
If you select 3, units will be e.g. 10,1234m.

Keep in mind that lower values only hide/round decimals, but the info is still there.

If you set back to higher values, all the decimals will appear again.

Finally, to set the drawing scales accordingly, change them all to 1:1, 1:10, 1:100, 1:150, etc. (see attached sheet).

Re: AutoCAD Scaling for Mac HELP

Anonymous — Sat, 05 Jun 2021 19:14:35 GMT

Thank you so very much @fatal.error I FINALLY understand. 😀

Re: AutoCAD Scaling for Mac HELP

fatal.error — Sat, 05 Jun 2021 19:43:31 GMT

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