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When printing a metric drawing how do enter in the scale?

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Sam2001

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I am not sure what scale you enter in the print mode because the drawing is metric (1:200) on a E- size paper.
what do I enter in where it would say 1/4" = 1'-0"
 
A couple of questions. Are you plotting from Layouts (paperspace) or modelspace? Are you looking for 1:48 scale (.0208:1)? Have you tried selecting millimeters on the units and calculating scale from metric units? Let us know.
 
Sam,
another guy had the same issue back in December.
Click on the link below to see some the previous solutions.

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Rich [roll1]
 
Thanks for answering my question. I am plotting from paperspace. The scale is 1:200. I selected millimeters on the units. So where it says Plotted MM = Drawing Units what should I put? I tried 20=1 but the whole drawing did not print out, it did not print out the top part of the border. I am asking because I really don't have a clue, I have never had to print out a drawing using a metric scale. I used Turbocad to transfer the drawing from a plt. file to a dwg. file, because I have never plotted out a drawing with a plt. file. I hope I did not confuse you.
 
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