Scale on Layout

[Anonymous]

Hi Guys,

This is driving me a bit silly!

I got these drawings from an architect and Im using them as the base of my Landscape Plan - I have A3 PDF of her plans and they say 1:250 @A3

I can't get them to scale to this - I can't even get it to fit on the page.

Ive checked the scale and the units in both the Model and Layout view.... am I completely missing something?

Thank you so much in advance - Cheers Nadia

[maxim_k · Accepted solution]

Hi Nadia,

That is because of incorrect settings for the default units in your drawing. You need metric units, but default drawing is Imperial.
You need to set system variable MEASUREMENT=1, than create new Layout, set paper size to A3 portrait, than create viewport and set it scale to 1:250. Now everything should be correct with the area viewable inside the viewport.

Maxim

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Thanks so much! 

Worked a treat!