Scale Drwg Border

Scale Drwg Border

s.noke71
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Scale Drwg Border

s.noke71
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Hi Guys,

would i be possible for somebody to scale this border to A4 & A3

Thanks

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imadHabash
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HI,

since i can't open your dwg ( i need it in AutoCAD 2013 format ) . would you tell us what is the problem that you face  ? 

 

Regards, 

Imad Habash

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Alfred.NESWADBA
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Hi,

 

you can use command _SCALE with option _REFERENCE to scale your geometry based on the current width to the new width (297 for A4 or 420 for A3).

 

In the command-line:

_SCALE<ENTER>

_ALL<ENTER>

<ENTER>

<select the base point, I would say lower left point>

_REFERENCE<ENTER>

<pick lower left point>

<pick lower right point>

420<ENTER>

 

Now you need to adjust the paper space using command _PAGESETUP ... Modify to set the layout to A3

 

Does that help?

 

- alfred -

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s.borello
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Any interest in learning how to do this yourself? 

 

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Tomislav.Golubovic
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Hint - don't scale drawing borders, work in paper space and model space so that you don't need to do scaling 🙂

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Alfred.NESWADBA
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Hi,

 

>> don't scale drawing borders

Working in layouts needs different border-blocks/title-blocks, e.g. one for A4 and one for A3, ...

 

- alfred -

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scot-65
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There was a time when I worked on 24x36 and 30x42 media.
If one notices, the x/y ratio for each is different.
Therefore, scaling is not the correct application.
Instead, STRETCH.

-OR- Scale for one axis (using reference), then stretch
in the other axis to finish.

[I do not know at this time the x/y ratio for A4 and A3 medias]

???

Scot-65
A gift of extraordinary Common Sense does not require an Acronym Suffix to be added to my given name.