What puts a 1:100 map into a 1:2000 map?
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I have two CAD drawings now, one with a scale of 1:100 and the other at 1:2000. I want to copy the drawing at 1:100 into the one at 1:2000 – how can I do this so that the same scale is maintained?
What do your 1:100 and 1:200 ratios mean? In the previous drawing, was the 100-length line drawn as 1 unit of length? The same is true for the latter. Should I still choose a scaling factor of 1:100 or 1:200 only when generating the images? If the length has already been scaled down when drawing, then first scale the 1:100 drawing down to 1/2 and insert it into the 1:200 drawing; the annotations can be ignored – duplicate annotation styles will be disregarded during insertion (provided that the annotation style names are the same). I haven’t tried this; you’ll find out for yourself when you insert it. It is recommended to back up a copy first, just in case.
I usually draw models at a 1:1 scale, and then use viewports in the drawing space to control the scale. This avoids a lot of unnecessary trouble.