PS it sometimes won't look like the scale is changing when you update the viewport scale, just do a REGENALL. If the scale 'breaks' it's easy-but-tedious to go into the scales fields and point them at the correct viewport.
20 x 12 = Scale Factor 240īe sure to check out our article, Converting Between Drawing Scales, if you need to manually change the scale of a drawing or object. Otherwise just preconfigure all the viewports in your template.
To convert an engineering drawing scale to a scale factor: To convert an architectural drawing scale to a scale factor: Said a different way by Autodesk, 'You can change the view scale of the viewport by using the XP option of the ZOOM command when model space is accessed from within a layout viewport.' Calculating Scale Factor For instance, you would be in paper space on a sheet, then you would enter model space within the viewport, then you would type Z or Zoom and enter 96xp to scale the drawing to 1/8' = 1'-0' in paper space. The suffix is AutoCAD nomenclature for changing the scale within a viewport. You will notice that the Viewport Scale in the charts below indicate a scale with the suffix XP. However, since these drawings get placed on sheets of paper that are much smaller, a scale factor is required so that the final drawing has a usable conversion factor. For instance, when drawing a door in CAD, the door would be 3 feet wide and 7 feet tall. For simplicity and clarity, CAD users draw buildings at full scale.
