CAD drawing scale setting
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Hello, experts: When creating CAD drawings, if one tries to draw according to the actual dimensions, the lines drawn may not be visible because those dimensions are too large. The default unit in CAD is usually millimeters; how can this setting be adjusted so that the lines are displayed properly? Looking forward to your reply! ! !
It’s the same as mechanical drawing – you draw drawings at a specific scale, like 2:1 or something like that. You just need to indicate that scale in the scale bar
CAD can be scaled freely, so drawing at a 1:1 ratio should be no problem! It’s also not easy to make mistakes.
The line width can be set; when creating annotations, the text and arrows should be of a certain size to ensure an attractive appearance
Click on the toolbar: View--Zoom--Range
I learned something too, hehe. Thanks!
If using AutoCAD, select Hidden Line Weight in the design (the bottom row of buttons); this way it won’t affect the display, and the line weight setting will only influence the print output.
It’s best to draw it at a 1:1 ratio; this is the simplest way and one that least likely to result in errors! ! !
Is the line too long to display? How is it that it can’t be displayed? Isn’t it the case that because the line is too long, when trying to display the entire line, the details of it become unclear? If that’s the case, one can only display a rough outline first and then zoom in to show only some of the details. When drawing in M SPACE, it is essential to use actual dimensions; this is one of the advantages of AUTOCAD – it is intuitive, and drawing becomes simpler with fewer chances of errors. You can use PAPER SPACE when printing, allowing you to choose different scaling factors for printing.
I learned something too, hehe. Thanks!
Usually, when installing piping, we draw it at a 1:1 scale in CAD. What I want to ask is: when creating piping diagrams, if they are printed on different sizes of paper such as A3 and A4, won’t the scale be different? The scale indicated on the drawing means that 1 cm represents the actual length? It’s m’s, right? How do I set it when drawing?
It’s too large; scaling seems troublesome, requiring multiple clicks on the scale button. Only then can you use the mouse scroll wheel to zoom. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m not very good at using it that this happens