AutoCAD 6: Printing to scale

[@cluxseltoot]

A very useful video tutorial - although I have been using AutoCAD for years I keep forgetting how to print to scale. This video helped me out - Many thanks.

[@momsspaghetti9970]

My CAD instructor took 2 hours to explain what xref is, and he went on a tangent about relationships and apples

[@Sprinter4GOD]

Thank you very much it was very helpful. I was able to get what i wanted and it was more explanatory than the others i saw. Keep up the good work.

[@AndrewBrody]

Thanks!

[@ALFURQONTAWABI]

Nice sir very helpful

[@mindbodysoulmeditationmusi3557]

Great video mate!

[@chiriboy7967]

Mr. Andrew I follow all your steps to print my drawing in a 11 x 17 paper. Every time I print my drawing in a 11 x 17 paper, my drawing will be reduce like 5 o 6 inches smaller when I my measure with my scale. I also check my lines, and they all look right, my viewport scales are correct. I need your help, thanks

[@AndrewBrody]

Sounds to me like either you've got the wrong sized border, or perhaps the scale of the viewports is off.

[@nitishbhatia4463]

you can do what you want!

[@lucio20006]

what happen if your drawing is to big to fit in any paper size? how to downscale the drawing and still be able to scale? thanks

[@AndrewBrody]

Well, you could always buy a bigger printer! Haha - just kidding. Set up your paper size, and then set a standard scale to the viewport so that it fits on the sheet size you have available. So, if 1:50 makes a drawing that is too big, set the viewport scale to 1:100 instead. This will make the drawing smaller, though. If you must have a print at a larger scale, you'll need to set up several sheets, and create viewports in each that print a section of the plan. Once printed, these "tiles" can be assembled physically, but it won't look very nice.

[@dustincarlreyes2235]

add another confusion. i wanted to know once that plan have printed, would it match to the supposed scale accurately.? ex. if you want ur plan to be scaled 1:100 then if we use ur method, the plan printed will scaled to 1:100 or not.?

[@AndrewBrody]

Yes, the plan should print accurately. Of course it has to be drawn correctly, and also not every printer is 100% accurate, so I'd always recommend putting dimensions on your architectural drawings!

[@mrss_foster]

I follow all your steps sir but some of my layers don't show when I preview it. Do you know what's the problem ?

[@AndrewBrody]

Probably the layers are frozen in that particular is that viewport, but that's just a guess

[@mrss_foster]

@@AndrewBrody thanks for the reply, altough I have mastered autocad by now 😄 I don't even remember what was the problem

[@andersonblesswin4837]

Mr.Andrew i have a problem here ,recently i drew a flat cylindrical plate with drillholes on it with a dia of 80mm and after that i printed it, but in the print the drillhole dia were found to be as 40mm, the scale got reduced to half and why is that ? Can u please help me sir..

[@AndrewBrody]

Well, it's hard to tell without seeing the drawing, but clearly the scale is 50% of what it was intended. It's drawn correctly in Model Space, right? Check your viewport scale - that seems the most likely spot. Also, make sure in your printer settings that you're not reducing the drawing to fit a sheet.

[@andersonblesswin4837]

Andrew Brody Thank u sir....it was very helpful finally I got a solution

[@robinnivensr.6985]

I don't have a plotter and when I try to plot to PDF as a 24x36 drawing I can never get my title block to go all the way to the other edges of the page how do I fix that?

[@AndrewBrody]

You might want to check your page setup, and make sure that it's not trying to leave a margin. Most large format printers can't print right up to the edge of the paper, and perhaps the page setup is scaling so that you have that margin. Also, check to make sure that your title block is actually drawn as 24x36 - the AutoDesk title block is actually drawn at 22x34, I think...

[@ГабриелъКараловъ]

Incredible Tutorial! Thank you so much Mr Brody!

[@KaidoSamurai]

When I'm in paper space and I use the 1:1 scale under plot scale, none of my drawings fit on the paper anymore. At default it has it to custom, how come?

[@AndrewBrody]

Well, it's a little hard to tell without the print dialog box. But if I had to guess, I would recommend checking to make sure that you're Page set up matches the size of the sheet you have created in the Paper Space layout. Just draw a border that's the size you want to print in paper space. Then, set up your viewports to the scales you are hoping to print to, And you should be able to see pretty fast if the drawings at those scales will fit onto the sheet size you have created.

[@AndrewBrody]

1:1 scale will print whatever you've drawn at full size. So a 2 meter tall door will print out at 2 meters tall, which is pretty large - probably bigger than whatever page size you've set up. So start by setting the scale smaller - 1:10, or even 1:100, and see how bit it is.

[@asifshumproduction7570]

how to change foot to meter. i have a drawing that scale is such as 1"=1" but i want in meter such as 1=10 or 1=100 etc

[@AndrewBrody]

There are actually a couple of steps to converting an imperial drawing to metric. First, type the word "units" and hit enter. That will bring up a dialog box where you can set the drawing to decimal instead of fractional feet and inches, and also set the precision. Everything you draw will be in millimeters, so unless it's an engineering drawing, round it up appropriately. The problem is that now everything that was drawn at an inch in your drawing is now a millimeter. So you need to select absolutely everything in your drawing (CTRL+A), and scale it up by 25.4. XREF's and other nested objects might need to be scaled separately. If you want to put in dimensions, you'll have to modify the dimension style to have the suffix mm, as of course the default apostrophe for inches is no longer correct. Finally, when you go to set the scale of your viewport, be sure to use one of the scales at the top of the list, such as 1:10 or 1:100.

[@AndrewBrody]

I believe you can just type in "Units", and there you'll find the menu to configure the entire model. Once it's set to decimal units, the metric scales should become available...

[@AndrewBrody]

I believe you can type in "Units" to access the menu where you can change from standard to metric. Then, all the metric scales will be available in the properties of the viewport...

[@ramizkhalid1808]

how to print the dwg at the actual size in which the dwg i make... ?

[@AndrewBrody]

The first step is to go to paper space, and set up some sort of border that is the size of the sheet you want to print onto. Then, configure your viewport to print at 1:1 scale. Assuming that you're drawing at full scale fits onto the sheet, you should be good to go.

[@AndrewBrody]

Set up a viewport on a new layout in Paper Space. then, get the properties of the viewport, and under the Standard Scale field, choose 1:1.

[@michaelmiranda3524]

very helpful video thanks

[@talalmaqsood6004]

HOW TO CHECK SCALE OF ANY DRAWING ?

[@AndrewBrody]

You need to set up a viewport in Paper Space first. Then, in the properties menu, look for the field called "Standard Scale", and choose from the list that pops up.

[@AndrewBrody]

All drawings are created at 1:1 scale. You then scale them down in the viewport, which shows up on in Paper Space.

[@chloechidiac4695]

Very helpful thanks !

[@eskka92]

Thanks! A bit annoying that you´re saying "uhm" all the time but otherwise great video.

[@sachinraj3408]

I also try but can not any body can help me..

[@AndrewBrody]

What's happening with the drawing you try to print?

[@phgaming252]

EVERY GOD DAMN TUTORIAL SAYS USE DWG TO PDF BUT NOT A SINGLE ONE SAYD HOW THE FK CAN I GET IT

[@AndrewBrody]

I believe all AutoDesk products now can export directly to a PDF via File>Export..., and choose PDF file format. Some even have a quick-launch button at the top of the interface. Macs have a Save As PDF button in the print menu, PCs have the same thing as a different printer.

[@amberthedemon2339]

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