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
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First of all, you should check current unit settings in Model space:
Then you need to setup drawing scales accordingly.
Keep in mind that Layout units are in millimeters, while Model units are in meters/centimeters.
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
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
@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.
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:
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).
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