colinrae Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 As a town planner I use dxf base plans in VW Landmark. However i am not sure what is the best way to do this. Do I import at 1:1 scale or at the scale I would like to print to? I am not having much success in either event as the measurements taken on the plan don't correspond with the scale I thought I imported the plan in at. Any suggestions would be most appreciated. Colin Rae Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 have a look at this podcast, it may help... http://web.mac.com/jpickup1/iWeb/Site/Podcast/58A96115-AA8D-4533-8578-163BE596A9C6.html Quote Link to comment
dspearman Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 This is advice only.... I set the scale (during import) of dwg / dxf to be the scale that I intend to print the drawing at. This seems to cause moset of my font/arrowhead/line weight issues to go away. If the scale appears to be off you need to reset the units of the dwg file during import. You may have to check a known dimension and look at the factor by which this is off to determine what the 'unit' in the dwg file is set to. You can scale it afterwards but I have often found it easier just to reimport into a blank file... Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 if you watch the podcast you will see that always import the DXF/DWG file into bloank document. I try to set the scale to match the original document, or i try yo use something that will suit me. Either one works, but 1:1 is not really useful unless it?s for small stuff then in the podcast I show you how to recale everything if you get the wrong scale. Quote Link to comment
colinrae Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 Many thanks to archoncad and dspearman for your helpful comments. Colin Quote Link to comment
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