Align command problem
@BB8x wrote:
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Lets say 2 blocks have elevation 5 and distance between is 10. Scaling with factor 2 will change elev to 10 and distance to 20. I want to have elevation of 5 units after scaling
That sounds like you are using a Scale base point which is at Z=0. Use one with Z=5. You may be able to use a point on one of the Blocks. If not, use point coordinate filters -- when it asks for the base point, type .XY [with the period prefix] and pick a point at the XY position of the reference point, and it will say (need Z) , at which you type in the 5.
@BB8x wrote:
... I have various elements from elev 0 to 102 ish, so this approx solution will not work for drawing as a whole
.... which means your description involving two Blocks at the same elevation was not representative....
And would these "elements" be of various types as well as at various elevations? Any 3D objects, even [for example] Lines with different Z coordinates at their ends? If so, how should they be scaled? Any elements drawn in different Coordinate Systems in planes not parallel to the current XY plane? Etc.
I imagine a solution will involve a stepping through a selection and scaling every element selected individually, around a location calculated using the XY of the designated base point and a Z coordinate somehow extracted from the element itself, by different means for different entity types.
I know this is an older request for ALING and I do not see any answers here.
ALIGN used to be used to ALING and SCALE your drawing at the same time.
My 2024 and 2025 does not allow that to happen any more.
This is my options for ALIGN: Type Align: Pick Point then Justification comes up L/C/M/.R <NO Change>
When I pick the first point it goes right into these other commands and can not get a second point option.
I know I can rotate, scale up etc but ALIGN used to do the job in one step.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Side note... used to always put a - before the command to get the old way of doing the command and many comments come up when someone puts a _ before the command saying that must be a typo.
Well, don't know when AUTOCAD made the change, but some commands will start with the - and some will start with the _ . Align must be _ . But Plot must have the - . If you use _plot it pops up the dialog box. -plot will be the old school way of typing. So when you see a - or _ both could be right depending on the command being used.
Thanks,
JRR!
@jreidKVSUZ wrote:...This is my options for ALIGN: Type Align: Pick Point then Justification comes up L/C/M/.R <NO Change>
ALIGN command has not changed at all in plain AutoCAD (topic of this forum) for year-versions 2024-2025. But your screenshot is not using the plain AutoCAD ALIGN command, but something else. Do you using a 3rd party ad-on? Or a vertical version of AutoCAD?
Try .ALIGN
Note the period preceding the command.
Allen Jessup
CAD Manager - Designer
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