UCS

[mary.mimnaugh]

Drew a plot with degrees and direction for a property.  Then wanted to rotate the ucs so the drawing was pointing north and squared.  I have attached 2 screenshots.  After rotated it the lines werent straight looking and the lines appear now solid rather than broken lines(for property lines).  I also rotated it in the model space.  I may not be doing it correctly. After i drew the plot i typed the usc command and then selected object and put the x,y axis on the bottom left corner.  Then i typed plan and set to current ucs.  Should the ortho button be on?    Also do i separately rotate the notes (seen in the botton left of the screenshot - after the rotation?  

Thank you for your help

[WeTanks]

Please check below.

[WeTanks]

Please refer to the attached documnet.

This is its basic operation.

[mary.mimnaugh]

I have limited knowledge of autocad.  I use it for landscape design.  Most of the time when I plot a property its straight forward.  I will attach my drawing and if you can just outline the steps I need to follow I think i may understand it better.

Thank you

[WeTanks · Accepted solution]

Please refer to the attached documnet.

[mary.mimnaugh]

Thank you so much for all your help and the file.  I have gone over it several times and now I have a better understanding of the whole process.  I have just 2 questions.  My drawing lines do not look as smooth as yours do.  I did the regen command and it still looks the same.

Also I have to add other items in the drawing which I do in model space.  When I went to that tab the drawing wasnt rotated.  Is that normal?

Thank you again

[WeTanks]

First,

Please check below.

[WeTanks]

and,I don't get what you said it. 

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@mary.mimnaugh  已写:

Also I have to add other items in the drawing which I do in model space.  When I went to that tab the drawing wasnt rotated.  Is that normal?

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Can you give me an example?

※English is my second language.
※Please don't worry if I make any English mistakes.

[mary.mimnaugh]

Yes

[WeTanks]

OK。I understand what you mean.

Please check below.

[mary.mimnaugh]

So referencing the file 135410 you go back to the world coordinates and print from there.  When entering elements to the drawing I do that when it was rotated.  After I am finished with the drawing I go back to the world coordinates and the lines do look better in the drawing.  In the file you were in model space .  When I go to make a pdf and print I should be in paper space - correct?

Thank you so much for all your time

[WeTanks · Accepted solution]

Yes.

Drawing = Model Space.

Printing = Layout Space.

 By default, you start working in a limitless 3D drawing area called model space. You begin by deciding whether one unit represents one millimeter, one centimeter, one inch, one foot, or whatever unit is most convenient. You then draw at 1:1 scale.

 To prepare your drawing for printing, switch to paper space. Here you can set up different layouts with title blocks and notes; and on each layout, you create layout viewports that display different views of model space. In the layout viewports, you scale the model space views relative to paper space. One unit in paper space represents the actual distance on a sheet of paper, either in millimeters or inches, depending on how you configure your page setup.

[mary.mimnaugh]

Thank you so much for all your help - it was so clear.  Thanks again

[WeTanks]

Happy to help🙂
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