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Drawing Objects When DIMLFAC < 1

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Drawing Objects When DIMLFAC < 1

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I've been searching for hours, and have not been able to find a solution in forums, hopefully someone knows.

 

A colleague created an autocad file, and set it up so that it prints on 11x17 paper. I'm used to the model space being 1:1 when drawing objects. For instance, if the units are set to inches, I enter (length: 60) and (width: 60) to get a 60"x60" rectangle. 

 

What I finally realized is that dimlfac is set to 0.125 (1/8) for the model space and layout. So to get a 60" rectangle, I have to enter the units as 480. This is driving me nuts. Is this how most do it, or is there a way to restore it so that the model space is a 1:1 ratio instead of 1:8?

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DIMLFAC should have no effect on a model space object's size ... unless you are creating some annotative component.

 

How are you determining the "size" of the object?? Because DIMLFAC will alter DIMENSIONS when they are placed

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Thanks for the response!

 

I've been drawing the object, then adding the dimension annotation. So I create it as 480", and then it reduces it by 1/8 and annotates the dimension as 60". So maybe you're right, the model might be correct, but if I want the annotation to come out correctly I have to create the object at 8x size just to have it annotate correctly?

 

I think the original creator did it so that everything prints correctly, but it makes it a real pain to add anything. I'm still new to autocad, is there a better way to create the model and still have it print correctly on 11x17? Is there any way to easily rescale this drawing?

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