Scale Viewport - Standard Scale not showing

[Anonymous]

Good morning,


I have tried, for a couple days, to change the scale from a Viewport (named "Layout1-8.5x11"). In the viewport, I can "zoom" and move the drawing using the commands  MVSETUP>SCALE or MSPACE. However, what I need is to scale the drawing to a specific scale, which it is 1/16" = 1' and later to different ones.


I noticed, watching some videos, that the way that usually people do it is using/changing the Properties>Misc Tab>Standard Scale. My issue is that I do not have (or cannot find) a "Standard Scale" option in my viewport.


What I tried to do, in order to proper scale, is to create a new viewport, however, it did not enable/show any different option. In addition, I tried to "unlock" the viewport, again, it did not enable the Standard Scale option.

Moreover, I attached the DWG in case that somebody wanna check what might be the problem.

I'm new in the "viewport world", therefore, I could be missing something trivial or doing something wrong.


P.s. This drawing was created in a older version of Autocad (probably 2012), however, now I am using the 2017 version.


Thank you,
Fabio Soares  

[Anonymous]

Good morning,


I have tried, for a couple days, to change the scale from a Viewport (named "Layout1-8.5x11"). In the viewport, I can "zoom" and move the drawing using the commands  MVSETUP>SCALE or MSPACE. However, what I need is to scale the drawing to a specific scale, which it is 1/16" = 1' and later to different ones.


I noticed, watching some videos, that the way that usually people do it is using/changing the Properties>Misc Tab>Standard Scale. My issue is that I do not have (or cannot find) a "Standard Scale" option in my viewport.


What I tried to do, in order to proper scale, is to create a new viewport, however, it did not enable/show any different option. In addition, I tried to "unlock" the viewport, again, it did not enable the Standard Scale option.

Moreover, I attached the DWG in case that somebody wanna check what might be the problem.

I'm new in the "viewport world", therefore, I could be missing something trivial or doing something wrong.


P.s. This drawing was created in a older version of Autocad (probably 2012), however, now I am using the 2017 version.


Thank you,
Fabio Soares  

[Patchy · Accepted solution]

Activate the viewport, use Zoom, Center, type in 1/192xp then hit Enter.

[Patchy · Accepted solution]

Activate the viewport, use Zoom, Center, type in 1/192xp then hit Enter.

[Anonymous]

Thank you!
I hope that you have a great day.

[Anonymous]

Thank you!
I hope that you have a great day.

[Anonymous]

Hi Patchy,

Sorry about this but how do I activate the viewport? I was able to make work once but I was unable to again.

I tried to click twice in the view port (the border of the view port became black) and used the commands Zoom, Center, 1/192xp then hit Enter. If I do this, the zoom of the drawing becomes much smaller. In other words, it change the zoom and not the drawing itself.

Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Hi Patchy,

Sorry about this but how do I activate the viewport? I was able to make work once but I was unable to again.

I tried to click twice in the view port (the border of the view port became black) and used the commands Zoom, Center, 1/192xp then hit Enter. If I do this, the zoom of the drawing becomes much smaller. In other words, it change the zoom and not the drawing itself.

Thank you.

[Patchy]

Probably your viewport is locked; click on the viewport to highlight it, and find the lock symbol to unlock or go to properties palette and unlock it.

[Patchy]

Probably your viewport is locked; click on the viewport to highlight it, and find the lock symbol to unlock or go to properties palette and unlock it.

[Anonymous]

Exactly! I just realized this 2 minutes ago.

Again, thank you very much.

[Anonymous]

Exactly! I just realized this 2 minutes ago.

Again, thank you very much.