How to change the scale of sketches in drawing inventor

How to change the scale of sketches in drawing inventor

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How to change the scale of sketches in drawing inventor

autodesk2UDFSX
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I'm importing a DXF into a drawing to add some dimensions to it but it comes in as 1:1 and I can't seem to find a way to scale the sketch so the dimensions placed continue to reflect the actual size like they would if I'd imported a view. the trouble is there isn't a model I can place to scale the sketch with and a blank part doesn't seem to work.

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kacper.suchomski
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https://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2025/ENU/?guid=GUID-962CEE71-8BE4-4DA6-B51E-341319C64FA4


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EdvinTailwind
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If you double-click the view or right-click it -> Edit View you find the scale options:

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autodesk2UDFSX
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Maybe I've done something wrong, I cant get get dialog box to come up. 

I think the difference might be that that you've got there is a view. all I did was:

 

Open drawing template> start sketch> insert ACAD file. 

 

The resulting geometry doesn't appear to be recognised as a view and I'm unsure how to change that.

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EdvinTailwind
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Try File -> Open -> Import CAD Files and then follow the steps. I just used the Default settings. This will generate a new IDW-file with the DXF content.
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autodesk2UDFSX
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The issue I've found with that was that the view imported that way drops the geometry in a drawing that fits it, no drawing border or anything. however I have been able to copy it into a second drawing where I can scale it to what I need. a little round about but no worse then the solution I came up with in the mean time which was to import the geometry into a part sketch instead.

 

I still feel like there's a simpler solution available that we're missing but this will work for me for now. 

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autodesk2UDFSX
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The feature I was looking for and never realised is draft, it's in: Place Views > Create panel > Draft
never used it before but it does exactly what I needed allows you to scale the sketch created within.