J Finley Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Symbol Insertion VW2018 - SP1 When I insert a symbol, the scale of the symbol does not match the layer scale. I did not have this problem in VW2017. Quote Link to comment
0 markdd Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 It will depend on whether it is a “page” based or “world” based symbol. Page based symbols won’t scale. Quote Link to comment
0 J Finley Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 Tks, How do I tell the difference Quote Link to comment
0 Kevin McAllister Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 In the Resource Manager the symbol name will be in green. Also, if you hover over the symbol in the Resource Manager a tooltip will appear with the name and type. In the document, the symbol is also labelled as "Page-Based" under the symbol name in the OIP. Kevin Quote Link to comment
0 J Finley Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 Is there any way to insert a page based symbol that is sized to the drawing scale? Quote Link to comment
0 RickR Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 "Page" based symbols adjust to the active scale. It will always print to be the same size on the paper. Note that if you draw in one scale on the design layer and make a viewport in a different scale it will change relative to the other stuff. I've used this for things that are just too small to draw at their true size. 6" recessed lights are just a dot in 1/8" or 1/4" scale. "World" based symbols have a fixed dimension that gets scaled. Just like a wall or chair. As far as I know, none of this has changed 2017 to 18. Quote Link to comment
0 J Finley Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 Thanks for this information Quote Link to comment
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Symbol Insertion VW2018 - SP1
When I insert a symbol, the scale of the symbol does not match the layer scale. I did not have this problem in VW2017.
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