The idea in AutoCAD is that the 3D Model exists in Model Space (hence the name of the "Space") and that the paper drawings of the model occur in "Paper" space - again hence the name.
#HOW TO GET A SCALE BAR PAPERSPACE CAD 2018 FULL#
There you will find the full 3D model, which will populate any P-Space viewport with the contents of model space, and allow you to zoom AT WILL, any point of view you wish in any PAPER-SPACE Viewport. In AutoCAD, Sheet one as the full model is the tab. No, The requirement you're mentioning is slightly different from the one I answered from the original post. RE: move drawing from paper space to model space racookpe1978 (Nuclear) 27 Feb 14 02:39 Finally, click down on the bottom "Model" space tab to set you to be working in model space, and continue to fix up your drawing from there. Further refinement (like stacked fractions, etc.) is up to you. If you successfully changed the dimensioning type to the desired type (Architectural?) in the "Dimstyle" dialog box, your Dimensions SHOULD have retained very nearly their original appearance. Notice the dimensions retained their scale? Same reason. Remember setting the zoom-scale "Property" of the viewport to 1:1 ? THIS was why.Ħ. They will be scaled to a factor which will maintain visual fidelity. The entities will be transferred to model space. Once you're sure you have everything, INCLUDING dimensions, hit enter. DO NOT include the viewport itself as a selected entity (hence the reason for NOT replying "ALL" to the select entities prompt). Based on your post, that would most likely include the title block and all text and dimensions, along with the drawing linework.
When asked to select entities, window the entities you want to transfer. Now return to the body of the drawing, and at the command prompt, type in "CHSPACE" (case doesn't matter). Click on the word CUSTOM across from "Standard Scale", and select a fixed scale of 1:1. This can be found down in the "Misc" section of the "Properties" box. Next, Click on the viewport, and set its Zoom Scale PROPERTIES to a scale of 1:1. This includes the titleblock if you wish, even tho some people prefer to keep the title block, and all text and dimensions in paperspace, and have ONLY drawing geometry in model space.įor your situation, however, you will want to collect everything for the transfer to M-Space in just a moment.Ĥ. Make a VIEWPORT around the ENTIRE contents you want to move to model space ( MVIEW, then draw a rectangle). This dimscale of 1 is the reason for a step to come in a moment.ģ. Ok, back out of the DIMSTYLE command now. I'll leave further refinement to your experimentation. Are your dimensions "Decimal" ? If they are "Architectural" but if (as you post) they're getting changed to "Decimal"'s, here's where you fix that. In the "Linear Dimensions" section, you MAY see "Decimal". Notice on the lower right area, a "Scale for Dimension features" area. Now notice at the top, all of the tabs containing things you can modify in a Dimensioning Style. Notice the NAME of the style, highlighted in the left window of the dialog box.
Make a mental note of the current Dimensioning Style. While you're in Paper Space, type in the command "DIMSTYLE". Type in the needed commands until you've familiarized yourself with them- their options and their operations.Ģ. Don't fool with the toolbars until you are more familiar with them. If the above didn't work for you, try this :ġ. If this doesn't get your items into Model Space fairly close to what you're looking for (dim sizes - arrows, text, etc.), you can try a CHSPACE option. Exit the Dimensioning style command, and try cut & paste from P-Space to the MODEL SPACE tab working area. See the Unit Format : "Decimal" ? click the down arrow and select the "Architectural" dimensioning style. The simplest way to get your objects INCLUDING your dimensions into MODEL SPACE might involve the "CHSPACE" command, but before we try that, try setting the dimensioning style to "ARCHITECTURAL": Type in the "DIMSTYLE" command.