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How to draw a long line?

How to draw a long line?

How to draw a long line?

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When i draw a 100000mm line, it always goes beyond limit of screen. How to set up CAD to get scale 1:1?

I mean, in command line, how i can input line and 1000000 to get the line?

RE: How to draw a long line?

Just hit draw, line, type in the length (assuming drawing units is in mm), and hit enter. Make sure your in ortho mode (straight line mode) or have the correct angle.

RE: How to draw a long line?

use command "line" or "L"; input point "A" (or click on it), then input second point as "@10000<90".  The 90 can be any angle you want, from 0 to 360 degrees.

RE: How to draw a long line?

Type scale
(1 / 100000)

brackets are necessary and so are
the spaces

or simply
zoom
all

RE: How to draw a long line?

It doesn't mather how long you line is for autocad, you can even draw a line of a lightyear long in it P-), just type in "l", hit enter, choose your basepoint, and type in "@1000000,0,0" or if the line is under a certain angle "@1000000<(angle)"

Then type in "dview", select the line, hit enter and orbit a bit (by clicking the cursor anywhere in the drawingfield and moving it and release the mouse), hit enter again to end the dview command and then zoom out to see the whole line.

RE: How to draw a long line?

'Z' <cr> 'E' <cr>  this starts the zoom command with the extents option.  This will fit everything in your drawing on one screen (maximize).

RE: How to draw a long line?

It does idd, but it's quite a habit I have, i mostly use realtime zoom, then not everything will fit and by orbiting you can zoom even more out.

RE: How to draw a long line?

If your mouse has a wheel, click on it twice and the drawing will zoom to extents of the drawing.

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