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Scaling not working in R16 Drafting?

Scaling not working in R16 Drafting?

Scaling not working in R16 Drafting?

(OP)
I am trying to scale some imported title blocks, and it appears as if R16 (SP4) does not work properly using the "scaling" function in the Drafting workbench.

I put a value of .997 in as a scaling factor, and my part increased by a factor of over 1.5.  Trying to do math functions are horrific, with completely unexpected (and seemingly unexplainable) values.

Has anyone else seen this happen?

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RE: Scaling not working in R16 Drafting?

Solid7 - must be operator error! I put in a .997 which switched to 332:333 scale factor.  I am running R16 SP4 as well.
I imagine this is not a constant thing.  For math simplicity I made a new part - a box 100mmX200mmX50mm, create a drawing - everything as expected.  Not that this will fix your problem, try the same example and see the results.

Regards,
Derek

RE: Scaling not working in R16 Drafting?

(OP)
I hope it's not operator error...  I've been working on it for hours.  I can't be that stupid, can I?

This is an automotive title block, that was sent to me as a .dwg file.  Nothing works as expected with the scaling of this file.

I just made a box, 7.5 X 10.  When I applied a scale factor of 2, the resulting geometry ended up at 39.2 X 58.8.  The view scale is 1:1.

Does that sound like operator error to you?

BTW - don't get confused - this is not view scale, this is scaling function.

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RE: Scaling not working in R16 Drafting?

APAR number HD51717.  Problem will be fixed in R17GA.

Workaround - do not use the manual input within "Scale Definition" dialog box.  Instead, use your mouse to "ballpark" the scale.

solid7...don't worry it's not operator error smile

RE: Scaling not working in R16 Drafting?

(OP)
Thanks 5050t.  I really got to get better at researching the APAR list.

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CAD design engineering services -  Catia V4, Catia V5, and CAD Translation.  Catia V5 resources - CATBlog.

RE: Scaling not working in R16 Drafting?

Solid7,  Just a little ball busting - Actually I used view scale - if I scaled the geometry - wrong size.

Regards,
Derek

RE: Scaling not working in R16 Drafting?

Not fixed until R17?!?!?!?!   This sounds like a Sev 1, if not a CRITSIT.  They had better be fixing this kind of stuff in Service Packs!

RE: Scaling not working in R16 Drafting?

What is the APAR list, is it public, and where can I find it?  Seems like there is some useful info there...

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