Scale drawing to 1:25 on A4

[Anonymous]

Hi there,

I am new to AutoCAD and trying to teach myself. I am having a confusing time with understand how to scaling a drawing and wondering if someone could help me. 

I am currently trying to complete an assignment for an Interior Design course. 

The project is a plan, drawn in millimetres. I need to scale the drawing to 1:25 on an A4 page.

My current settings are: 

• Units in model space to millimetres (See Image 1)
• Scale in model space in 1:1
• There wasn't a 1:25 scale in the menu so I created it (I think!) (Image 2)
• When I switch to layout, I can see my drawing in the viewport but the viewport scale is 0.000790 (Image 3)
• When I try to switch the viewport scale to 1:25, it zooms so far in you can no longer see the plan on the paper

Please excuse the unfinished plan but I just wanted to take some time to figure out how to scale it for printing. 

I would be most grateful if anyone can provide help on where I have gone wrong and how to correct my settings.

Many thanks.

[maxim_k]

Hi Rebecca,

Are you sure the plan will fit on A4 paper at 1:25 scale?
What exactly is the size of the plan in real world units (millimetres for example)?

Maxim

[Anonymous]

Hi Maxim,

I've been given survey notes of a living room plan. Everything has been measured in millimetres. (See Image 1)

Project is to draw up plan on A4 paper to a scale of 1:25 with a key and title block at the side. 

[Anonymous]

Hey,
do you mean this?

[Anonymous]

Hi yes! That is what I need!

What settings did you do to get that? My plan seems to disappear when change the scale to 1:25

Please could you walk me through what you did? 

[maxim_k]

It will fit.
Look for the answer (a kind of template for your plan) in the @
tekenbureauvanamersfoort reply.

Maxim

[Anonymous]

the position of the viewport is not always right above your drawn object in model space.
I first zoom out with zoom extent and then I go to scalefactor and then set the viewport to 1:25.
If the object is not completely within the viewport then you can use PAN to move the viewport.
Note: double-click in the viewport to use the Scale factor and Pan.
Then double click next to the viewport to go out.
Sorry for my English.:smileyhappy:

ben

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Thank you for your help and replies. 

Unfortunately, despite zooming out, setting the viewport scale and a lot of panning, I couldn't even find a wall as it seem to have enlarged so much. The only way I could see my plan at all was "scale to fit" which put the viewport scale in decimal points.  

It only worked after I changed the page setup settings. For some reason, the scale there was set to something like 1mm = 0.0039 unit.

Once set to 1mm = 1 unit, the viewport scaled properly and my plan is now in 1:25.