kevin Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 Hey, I was wondering if someone who knows AutoCAD 2006 well could help me.. See I have a little problem...I can't figure out how to set the Drawing area dimensions!! And it's driving me crazy!Anyone know how to do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razmatazz Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 (edited) do you mean dimension style, how the dimensions look on the drawing? Edited December 1, 2005 by razmatazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryfon Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 I use 2004 at work and have a copy of 2006 at home (but never really needed to use it) so i might be able to help a bit.If you youre doing a drawing in model space there is an infinite area you cannot control, so you can draw a fully detailed life-size model of the universe if you've got the time and hard disk space Theres the layout tab down near the bottom, next to the model tab, its usually called "paper space" There may be more than one. It shows what the model will look like on a pre-defined sheet of paper, like A4,A3,A2 etc. You can scale the model to a specific size like 1/50, 1/100 etc to see if it will fit on the your chosen paper size. Maybe the easiest way would just be to start a new drawing so you can specify a size ....see the pic, and then start from scratch or copy/paste something existing into the model space and then scale it on the paper space.If its just the dimensions style, sizes of numbers, arrows and stuff you can right click on one-go to properties-and fiddle about with the options to get them to look right. When your happy with one you can "match properties" to get them all the same.I dont know how much you've used it, so i dont want to confuse a beginner or bore an expert. I never got taught how to use it at college or uni, i just picked it up at work so there will be smarter & quicker ways of doing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neemo Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 (edited) Type "Limits"pick a low left corner and an upper right cornerVoila I hope thats what you are looking forPersonally I don't use this, it's not necessary,instead of 'zoom extents', use 'zoom all' and it'll zoom up on what you have drawnbut whatever is your preference dude Edited December 1, 2005 by Neemo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin Posted December 1, 2005 Author Share Posted December 1, 2005 Type "Limits"pick a low left corner and an upper right cornerVoila I hope thats what you are looking forPersonally I don't use this, it's not necessary,instead of 'zoom extents', use 'zoom all' and it'll zoom up on what you have drawnbut whatever is your preference dude <{POST_SNAPBACK}>AHH thanks!! This is exactly what I needed!I had to set up drawing limits, and have the grid on, print out the design for school, and I was afraid if I had the wrong limit dimensions I would be screwed!!I personally hate the grid option, but the teacher wanted us to use it with snaps on every dot, and shit.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neemo Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 AHH thanks!! This is exactly what I needed!I had to set up drawing limits, and have the grid on, print out the design for school, and I was afraid if I had the wrong limit dimensions I would be screwed!!I personally hate the grid option, but the teacher wanted us to use it with snaps on every dot, and shit..<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Oh right...school.... where they teach you the long slow hard way to do it and let you figure out the easy way. lolpm me if you have any more questions dude I know this program too damn well for my own good. Rock on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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