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AutoCad 2002 Layout Problems

AutoCad 2002 Layout Problems

AutoCad 2002 Layout Problems

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Hello,

I am currently working on a polycarbonate design to be used on a circuit board.  The design has not hard corners, so because of this, it relies on radius and diameter for a lot of the dimensions.

However, in layout mode, AutoCad is not giving the proper value for dimensions.  Because of the nature of the part, I was able to dimension it in model space, however, i used two layers (there needs to be two pages).  I then created two different layouts, however, Autocadd needs the same layers on in both of them.  Meaning I can have Dim1 on in one and Dim2 in the others.

Thanks
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RE: AutoCad 2002 Layout Problems

You may want to use VPLAYER to control which layers you see in viewports.

"Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects." — Will Rogers

RE: AutoCad 2002 Layout Problems

If you are dimensioning in paper space, you can set a scale factor in the dimension style, set the scale of your viewport, and should get the right dimensions then.

To dimension in model space, and show different sets of dimensions in paper space, see the response above.  You're supposed to be able to do this with layer filters, but I never was able to get that to work right long ago when I tried it.  I would leave both layers on while working in model space, and manually toggle one or the other when printing in paper space.

Generally, too, I'll detail ALL of the model before doing any of the dimensioning.  In that case, you can just copy the whole model off to one side, and dimension each one with different set of dimensions.  Lots of ways to work things.

RE: AutoCad 2002 Layout Problems

JStephen:

Had to give you a star...your advice was right on target.  Although all three of your suggested methods accomplish the task, we have finally learned to use your first suggestion effectively, and it works out well for us.

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