F360 - how to get sketch dimensions to reflect the scale of the view

[danbirdFRXPR]

Hi all

I am drafting with a 1:20 view of my piece of furniture. I sketch two lines (apparently in that view) and put a vertical dimension between them. The dimension is one-twentieth of what I expect.

Do I need to associate the line segments to the view so that they are correctly dimensioned? If yes, then what's the routine?

If no, what do I need to do to fulfil expectation?

Just bear with me - I need to use 1:20. Not negotiable.

Thanks everyone and greetings from london town

D

[jhackney1972]

Let me be sure you are using the correct terminology, we are talking about 2D drawing dimensions?  If you are talking about 3D modeling sketches, you never use a scale for those.  In all CAD packages, you sketch models in FULL SCALE (1:1).  You scale the view when you move to the 2D drawing.  If you scale the model sketch, Fusion 360 will never dimension it correctly as it is calculating the sketch entities as if everything is full scale.  In the Screencast I take a Full Scale model and make a 1:20 scale drawing. 

[danbirdFRXPR]

hi thanks, I'm drafting => 2D

when I sketch in the 2D drawing I want the sketch to reflect the scale of the view that I'm sketching on. Which it doesn't seem to do. But maybe the sketch entities can be associated with the view somehow so that their dimensions take the scale of that view. Any ideas?

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[g-andresen]

Hi,

If you look at 3D applications, you will not find any in which models are not constructed in real size (1:1).
Accordingly, the sketches are also created with real sizes.
Only if you want to print an object as a scaled down model, e.g. 3 D, you can scale it accordingly.

günther

[jhackney1972]

You are going about the process all wrong.  As I showed in my Screencast, you create the model in Full Scale in the Design Environment and then create the 2D Drawing to the scale you desire.  The application then reads the model and dimensions it, in the elected scale, in the drawing to the real life dimensions.  If you sketch in the 2D drawing you can scale it sure, but Fusion 360 will read the sketch entities to full scale because your sketch is not related to the model.

If you want to do what you are talking about, you are using the wrong application.