Scaling by factor and by reference in AutoCAD

This video shows you two methods of re-sizing a drawing using the SCALE command. If you found this useful and want to buy me a coffee, please go to: bit.ly/1BU45bk

[@RiminiVirage]

As a new user to AutoCAD LT 2023, I have found this video invaluable. I have been trying to find an answer to this question for sometime. I have had some training on AutoCAD from a work colleague, I have found it a little difficult to pick up. This video, almost exactly does what I need, enabling me to understand the overall scale of a drawing from a PDF import, thank you so much. You now have a new subscriber as a result of your now six year old video! I only hope that when I fire up autoCAD, 2023 in the morning, I’m able to find the commands you used, as mine is a much newer version from the one which you demonstrated. Hopefully not too much is changed. Brilliant video thank you so much.

[@MichelMartins-hs8vs]

Wow. Thank you. Amazing tutorial, I did just sing in to get more of your tutorials.

[@CADandStuff]

Thank you!

[@bradmerritt3451]

Thanks for your easy to follow explanations, one step at a ti. It makes learning less overwhelming!

[@aliozanerbektas]

A bit too detailed for my taste but again, this video shows exactly what it says in the title! I salute you my friend!

[@somemothersson4184]

finally someone who can do a cad tutorial! thank you, just saved me a lot of time

[@anthonyarcoleo]

I liked the extra detail, that really helped me understand the program more than just a step by step that i am likely to forget later. Which is partly why I keep having to look scaling up on youtube in the first place.

[@skyrayplays8014]

wonderful, it took me ages to understand but you made it get in my head with just one video!

[@SvetlyootSofia]

7:40 It's more clear the second time. Thant you for that!

[@stevefagan99]

The reason your measurements may seem off by 1mm is because the PDF dimensions are rounded off to 5, if you notice all dimensions round off to 0 or 5. so your scaling is correct and the PDF dimensions are rounded.

[@maxlawrence]

Brilliant video. Explained all I wanted to know and more but interesting extra bits. Thanks.

[@CADandStuff]

Glad to hear that it helped.

[@aimlessknight]

If I need to get a quick and dirty layout I use google maps. I print screen including the scale, import it into CAD then scale the google image using a reference line. It makes general layouts and estimates pretty easy and gives you a good idea of the footprint of a project.

[@bignedu4871]

Great! You are a very good teacher. Thank you for the demonstration.

[@scdtech7843]

Great lesson. Great pace. Super helpful.

[@CADandStuff]

Thanks!

[@AlMuzammilInternational]

Thanks for the valuable information. Many Thanks

[@kinaruggs2009]

Thanks for being thorough.

[@mohamadkhatib8624]

I like the way you explained would you mind if you cover coordinates points

[@tomcooper4026]

Great info, helped out loads. Thanks Tom

[@ricksmith6735]

Great video... very helpful to me!

[@adebiyiadeniyi6136]

Thank you so much. Nice tutorial

[@swetapandey9110]

Great! You are a very good teacher.

[@CADandStuff]

Thanks!

[@DrWillis1990]

this saved my bacon for a uni assignment....Thank You!

[@CADandStuff]

Good to hear it!

[@abseslamtaibi9921]

Great Video!! I was wondering what version of soft soft you recomnd for a beginner because I know there is a $99 bundle and a

[@TheMoochinabout]

Thank you, I will look up how I purge and give it a try.

[@100x2xp]

You just got another subscriber thank you

[@gchumanaijjkj9649]

You explained really well, thanks

[@dr.kareemdifar7348]

Nice. God bless you

[@mohammadhaseeb132]

nice tuto Thank you!

[@davidhamilton2708]

good video i only wish u would demonstrate this using block info that you bring in , other than that great video !

[@oyuntuyalkhavasuren5100]

Thank you so much for a great content

[@OWASIA]

Well explained...👍

[@nuwandesilva8729]

Thanks a lot you explained this well

[@mertmurat13]

tNice tutorialng ​♂️. And I haven't used soft soft 9 since 09. So sorry bud✌ peace from Germany...

[@thomaswhite2802]

Very good information, possibly a lesson on dimension scales?thanks a big help

[@ebenz17]

Very helpful, thanks !

[@pabztv4781]

Thank you!, You explained well

[@CADandStuff]

You're welcome!

[@kimberleyrobinson2927]

Good clear and to the point tutorial. thank you

[@CADandStuff]

Thanks!

[@CandyflossCottonCandy]

Thank you this was very helpful!

[@harwellmejia6465]

GREAT!! Thanks a lot

[@dhirendrabhattadeo5952]

Thank you a lot

[@monsterjesse]

thats great, and this horizontal scaling from PDF will include scaling vertically as well? or is another process of vertical scaling need?

[@CADandStuff]

In the default view, it will scale in the X and Y axis by the same factor, from whatever origin point you choose.

[@Halluinium]

This was very helpfully.

[@MS-_-4891]

I dont think you should expect the pdf to perfectly match the new autocad transferred copy since pdf is finite and not by numbers. For example you cam zoom in on the pdf in autocad until the thickness of the lines cover half the screen. Given that, autocad can determine anywhere within that thick line to use as a snap point, resulting in varying but very proximate dimensions. Great tutorial though, didnt know autocad could do that. They are worth the price tag. Would save a lot of time, even if you had to offset everything to exact measurements.

[@Amayarr]

Thank you

[@panagiotisioakeimidis5178]

thanks a lot!!!

[@vasiqshair]

it worked. Thanks.

[@jjtrevino9779]

thanks helped out great

[@TheMoochinabout]

Nice video, I use reference on just one dim that I find in a drawing and that works for me but I do have a problem sometimes when I convert PDF’s to dwg. Some behave normally and are a pleasure to work with and some behave badly and by that I mean I can put the crosshairs over one of the lines of the drawing and suddenly it freezes momentarily. What causes that?

[@CADandStuff]

Not sure. I haven’t seen that happening myself. Could it be a RAM issue? Or do you have graphics acceleration turned on (which, ironically, can cause glitches)?

[@TheMoochinabout]

I believe graphics acceleration is on. The next time it happens I will turn it off and see if that changes things. What about hidden dimensions or unused dimensions? Would/could that cause freezing?

[@CADandStuff]

Perhaps. You could try purging the drawing. Make a copy of the original first, though, just in case you lose stuff you want to keep.

[@jayeshkumar8785]

nice sir... excellent

[@baijubasheer2010]

Very useful thanks

[@afzaalahmed8830]

This video of your help me a lot. But I have a question similar drawing u have imported by PDF it is showing dimension in meter correct but when I change it to feet it is not showing correct if u can help me I this please...

[@CADandStuff]

Sorry, I don’t know anything about working in feet.

[@vijaybarpande1052]

Respected Sir, I want talking with u personaly by mobile for my autocad drawing problem, can it possible? If it is possible

[@mysteriousfile5377]

If the drawing is converted into dwg from PDF then we don't have control in which sense???

[@CADandStuff]

Well, in the sense that unless you've generated the PDF yourself, you can't be sure that it was plotted to scale properly. If you know that the PDF is good, then that's fine. But what if someone else made the PDF and just sent it to you? And what of it's in metres or imperial, and you want to use millimetres? In that case you have no control over what the PDF is using and scaling it to suit your needs is necessary.

[@RockOfGreece]

I scaled a heavy drawing by a factor of ten and then it started working sooooo slowly... What should I do?

[@swetasoni7839]

Thank you!

[@charrasepe445]

NICE

[@kalyanchakravarthy8657]

thank you sir for help and good explain

[@CADandStuff]

+kalyan chakravarthy glad to help

[@diofachrezzy]

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[@gokul393]

well explained.. Thanks

[@faisalisfan]

all i need just from 6:10 to 7:15 thanks

[@ШалкарБадахов]

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[@debs8934]

Thank you!!!!

[@CADandStuff]

You’re welcome!

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[@datta3ya]

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[@CADandStuff]

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[@mrmarfo9127]

Thanks

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[@jnaneswarasiva6834]

thank u sir , but previous dimensions are very large how can i reduced over all dimension . sir pls rply me

[@CADandStuff]

Do you mean that the distances are very large, or do you mean that the text/arrows are very large?

[@dailytimes5069]

Thanks sir

[@chippycess]

tysm!

[@abhisheksen325]

how to scale in x and y direction with a different value

[@CADandStuff]

Hi. As far as I know, the only way to control X and Y scales separately is when inserting an object into a drawing, such as a block or an xref. Depending on what you're trying to draw, the simplest way might be to draw the object, convert it to a block, and then insert that block into the drawing. As part of the insert command, you can set the scales along each axis (including Z). Hope that helps.

[@josephlixonkj]

Me too experience the same thing that happened in the video. When i scale pdf with its maximum dimension in the drawing, the intermediate dimension show some difference by 0.5 to 1mm in its tolarence, why it comes like that????

[@Pepela0]

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[@salmanlogde]

u explain very good this video but how to coming exactly dimension plz explain

[@noahmoreau5325]

I only watched the first four minutes of the video but I gathered that you would scale the whole section of the drawing to meet the required distance. In my case I had a measured length of 48.27 in autocad and the actual length of 387.8 in the field. You would divide the actual length and the measured length giving 387.8/48.27 = 8.033975554. I then proceeded to highlight the drawing and scale it by a factor of 8.033975554. When I look at the new measurement for the line it is now 387.8 and I have the proper scale for my drawing.

[@hugoheikkila]

tank you ;D

[@haroldwestrich3312]

Thank you for your help. for some reason I can't get any of the menus you are pulling up. I don't know what to do. I guess I have to redraw my project ...... now I am crying .....

[@CADandStuff]

+Harold Westrich which version of the software are you using?

[@cancuner]

It is surprisingly awkward the way CAD handles the way of drawing. It degrades everything. A technographic trap.

[@johnnycalmoo]

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