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Creating custom scales

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Creating custom scales

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As large as this scale list is, it probably doesn't contain every scale you may ever need. Fortunately this list and the scales are easy to edit. In this lesson we'll learn how to create a custom scale. On my screen I have a surveying example. This drawing represents a plant survey. Since it is a surveying drawing, if we take a look at the drawing units, you'll see that the model space units are set to feet. Now I've already created a layout for this drawing. I'm going to click the Layout tab to take a look. If I zoom in, you can see that the geometry's being represented at a scale of one inch equals 50 feet. If I pan this over, you can see that the entire drawing really doesn't fit in the layout. So, I'd like to change the scale. To do that I am going to double click in the view port. I will come down and make sure it is unlocked, and if I open the scale, the only real option I have after 50 scale is 100. And if I select 100, that's quiet small. It would be really nice if I had one…

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