Scaling an imported drawing?
Scaling an imported drawing?
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Hello all
Im pretty new to all this and am trying to modify an old DWG file, the problem i have is that when i imported the file the scale is wrong (ie a known measurement of say 10 is showing up as 55) i can not seem to change the scale of the old file. In the past on CAd viewers i have used i just highlight a know measurement and input the known dimention and it automatically sets the scale.
Is that the same with draftsight? if so could someone kindly point me in the direction of where to do it as i cant seem to work it out
Cheers
Im pretty new to all this and am trying to modify an old DWG file, the problem i have is that when i imported the file the scale is wrong (ie a known measurement of say 10 is showing up as 55) i can not seem to change the scale of the old file. In the past on CAd viewers i have used i just highlight a know measurement and input the known dimention and it automatically sets the scale.
Is that the same with draftsight? if so could someone kindly point me in the direction of where to do it as i cant seem to work it out
Cheers





RE: Scaling an imported drawing?
RE: Scaling an imported drawing?
I think this maybe a problem with my original DWG file,so maybe i should expand my motives slightly. I have a DWG file of our site and i am trying to use this program to refit my workshop,use it to place my plant in a manner that will best suit the enviroment and the work flow.
The DWG of the site I have is multi layered (85) plan and my work shop is but a (allas far to) small part of it. The plan includes most of our workshop equipment but they are all part of one layer and they dont seem to be entities in them selves so i cant select them or any of there dimensions, also the building gurders which i would of used as a reference point all seem to be one layer so i can only select the whole building rather than one measured point.
The reason i want these measurements is so i can redraw the equipment accurately (as there not accurate on the original) and place them on the workshop part of the plan
sooooo (stay with me here) would i be better of just redrawing the workshop to scale (its a real funny shaped part of the building) and adding the machines as seperate entities?
or am i doing something wrong and i should be able to scale the original drawing??
sorry for the long post and thanks in advance for any help
Ren
RE: Scaling an imported drawing?
Maybe try creating a block of the elements, and then scaling the block?
RE: Scaling an imported drawing?