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In summary, when drawing in meters and the above parameters are set:Īs a final note, make sure to lock your viewport after zooming to scale to keep the scale intact. for setting 1:200 you would simply multiply 200 with 5, ergo you zoom with 5XP. Also, you can memorize what number you multiply with in order to get 1000 when setting your scale i.e. Same thing, but some like to remember it this way.

Another way of stating this mathematically is by multiplying the unit in mm by the desired scale – as in, in the example above, the formula would look like this: Z (1000)*(1/200)XP. In other words, we need only to divide our units in millimeters by the desired scale in the XP zoom command (either directly by typing for example Z 1000/200XP for 1:200, or by using the factor number of 1000/200 = 5XP). We can also use this number directly by trying Z 5XP, which will yield the same result. The factor number between the scaled paper and model space would in this instance be 5. The command would look like this: Z 1000/200XP.

Enter Z for zoom, then our unit in mm (1 m = 1000 mm) divided by the desired scale (for example, 200 for 1:200) XP.

Now make sure the Viewport is active by double-clicking in it.

This means that our 1 m in the model space is now 1 mm in the paper space. Set this in the Page Setup Manager (PAGESETUP).

Then, make sure the paper space plot scale is set to 1:1 (with 1 mm = 1 drawing unit).

We usually draw in meters over here, so I will continue using it in this example.

First, make sure which units (UN) are used in the drawing. Take note of how many millimeters there is in one of these units – as in, if we are drawing in meters, we would have 1000.

Basically, we don’t need to worry about custom scales, we can just zoom to scale in the drawing. The paper space where we create layouts is set to millimeters, and the scale used in the paper space is calculated based on a factoring number between the model and paper space.

In AutoCAD, we draw in 1:1 in model space with our (pre)defined units. Depending on which template was used to create the drawing, the attached scales might look different from file to file. One that keeps coming up is how to set the proper layout scale when plotting. When working with AutoCAD, there are some common issues people run into.