Lineweights wont adjust and model not scaling correctly

Anonymous · ‎07-19-2015

Hi All,

I am currently working with a cad drawing that I had exported from a sketchup model. It placed the section cut lines and all other lines in 2 different layers. The section cut layer lines are shown as a thick lineweight, and I am finding it is impossible to adjust them. I have tried changing the lineweight of the layer as well as the lineweight directly on an individual line.

The other problem is that the drawing does not seem to scale correctly. It is the correct size in model space, but when I am scaling the drawing on a paperspace the model appears as being vastly smaller than it actually is.

Could this be an issue with AutoCAD Mac, or an issue with the sketchup file? Any help would be appreciated.

-Kurt

maxim_k · ‎07-19-2015

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Hi Kurt,

@Anonymous wrote:

... I am finding it is impossible to adjust them. ..

I think that is because the section cut lines represented as polylines with width, so lineweight settings have no effect. You need to edit polylines (in yellow) and assign zero width to them - you can do this via properties inspector or with PEDIT command with multiple option (in order to edit them all at once).

After assigning zero width you will be able to assign lineweight to the section lines via Layer or individually.

About the second question: what do you mean about "visually smaller"? Why did you decide it is smaller?

Maxim

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Anonymous · ‎07-21-2015

The units in model space appear to be accurate (I am working with insertion
scale in meters). But in paperspace the drawing does not scale correctly.
When I set it to a 1:1 scale, the drawing fits inside an A4 sized paper.
Since it is an entire building depicted, this couldnt possibly be the
accurate scale.

-Kurt

maxim_k · ‎07-21-2015

Hi Kurt,

Your building is aprox 56x40 m and in the drawing 1 m = 1 AutoCAD unit, so when you set scale in the viewport layout 1:1, you get 56 x 40 mm plan on 210 x 290 mm A4 sheet - as you see it fits perfectly inside A4 paper and the scale is accurate.

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