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Ed J
Joined: 30 Apr 2004
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Location: Riverside, CA.
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 Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject: Change scale |
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I'm transforming over to Pcadd 8 from 7 and I notice that there is no status window to change scale on the drawing. Do I have to go to drawing set up or is there another window?
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Ed Jaworski
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Greg
Joined: 13 Apr 2004
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Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Unfortunately you have to now always go to Drawing Setup to change the scale. A recent update at least now displays the scale in the menu bar, but it would be nice if there were a drop down menu to change the drawing scale as in v7.
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CJH
Joined: 24 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:59 am Post subject: |
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I've found the best way to handle scales is set the drawing scale to what the bulk of the drawings is at (1/4" for the Plan sheets) then have separate layers for the text and details, set those layers to the desired scale (3/4").
This actually works well in that it is easy to scale the plan sheets for measuring, etc.
The only real 'humbug' is if you want different scales on one layer-say 1/4" elevations with some 3/4" details. Once you get used to using different layers for different scales it all works pretty good.
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pbacot
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Location: Northern California
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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Before the status window, I had scales set to hot keys using QuicKeys. However I wonder if that would work in the current Drawing Setup. I don't see it quite as big a deal these days, but I might if I get v.8
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Ed J
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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There's a few other quirky things buy I'll have to use it a little more before I complain. One thing I notice is that when I dimension to the top or edge of a hole (circle) the grabhandles used to be on the top, bottom or sides. Now I can't select the true edge unless I get lucky. Maybe it's just a setting?
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poolvibe
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