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Do this by clicking once on the black box that highlights the extents of the Viewport (it will change to blue to indicate that it is selected), then press delete.
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This will have changed the drawing from metres to millimetres. You may need to press the zoom extents button to view the data. AutoCAD will ask 'SCALE Specify scale factor or ', type '1000' (without the quotes) and press enter.AutoCAD will ask 'SCALE Specify base point:', type '0,0' (without the quotes) and press enter.Type 'scale' in to the command bar and press enter.Press Ctrl + A on your keyboard to select all elements in the drawing.
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However, printing in AutoCAD is based on ISO paper sizes using millimetres so in order to print at a specific scale you need to convert the model from metres to millimetres. Press the OK button to close the window.Ĭhange the model file from metres to millimetresĪutoCAD now knows that each unit in the map is 1 metre in the model.Using the dropdown in the 'Insertion Scale' section select 'Meters' if not currently set.Type 'units' in to the command bar and press enter, the Drawing Units window appears:.Open the DWG file downloaded from Digimap in AutoCAD.
ACAD 2016 HVAC DRAWING SETUP HOW TO
The instructions below explain how to re-scale a drawing from metres to millimetres. AutoCAD typically deals in millimetres, but Ordnance Survey data available in Digimap is provided in metres.