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dcmorgan

Posts: 85
Registered: 03/16/09

Title Block
Posted: Oct 30, 2009 4:11 PM

My company is thinking about having all drawings be brought into .idw files on a 1:1 scale and upscaling the borders oppose to scaling the drawing and keepin the borders at a size B sheet. The major problem with this is that the title block doesn't with the sheet size causing it to become very small in the corner when you are at higher sheet sizes (E,F etc.)

Is there anyway that I can somehow have the title block scale in relation to the border??? I'm looking for an effective way of going about this. Any suggestions are welcomed..

Thanks

msklein

Posts: 866
Registered: 12/12/03

Re: Title Block
Posted: Oct 30, 2009 4:28 PM

in response to: dcmorgan

I guess i have to ask why create all those headaches with title blocks, note text, dimensions and so on will all need to be adjusted? What do they think they are going to get out of doing this? There was some reason for doing this in ACAD but IV is not ACAD, scaling views is so easy !

msk

Richard Hinterh...

Re: Title Block
Posted: Oct 30, 2009 5:17 PM

in response to: msklein

And that reason went away somewhere around 1990
when they introduced paperspace to AutoCAD.

<msklein> wrote in message news:6281272@discussion.autodesk.com...
I
guess i have to ask why create all those headaches with title blocks, note
text, dimensions and so on will all need to be adjusted? What do they think
they are going to get out of doing this? There was some reason for doing this
in ACAD but IV is not ACAD, scaling views is so easy !
msk

msklein

Posts: 866
Registered: 12/12/03

Re: Title Block
Posted: Oct 30, 2009 6:07 PM

in response to: Richard Hinterh...

You're making a big assumption that people understud paper space model space. And i found very few did. Back to a lack of training!!

msk

Richard Hinterh...

Re: Title Block
Posted: Oct 30, 2009 7:02 PM

in response to: msklein

I observed the same thing, I was just stirring up
the pot.

Mentioning Paperspace in an Autocad office usually
resulted in the same reaction as suggesting giving up the black background - the
horror!

Richard

<msklein> wrote in message news:6281380@discussion.autodesk.com...
You're
making a big assumption that people understud paper space model space. And i
found very few did. Back to a lack of
training!!
msk

msklein

Posts: 866
Registered: 12/12/03

Re: Title Block
Posted: Oct 30, 2009 8:16 PM

in response to: Richard Hinterh...

at one place it would get you fired.

msk

Richard Hinterh...

Re: Title Block
Posted: Oct 30, 2009 8:31 PM

in response to: msklein

That's enlightened. I was threatened with
being tarred and feathered ;-)

Richard

<msklein> wrote in message news:6281478@discussion.autodesk.com...
at
one place it would get you fired.
msk

dcmorgan

Posts: 85
Registered: 03/16/09

Re: Title Block
Posted: Oct 30, 2009 8:38 PM

in response to: Richard Hinterh...

I found a very feasible solution to my problem. However scaling with Inventor .dwg must be paid close attention to when being imported, exported, viewed etc in different CAD software.

Thanks

msklein

Posts: 866
Registered: 12/12/03

Re: Title Block
Posted: Nov 3, 2009 6:42 PM

in response to: Richard Hinterh...

At more than one company i worked for just the mention of Metric dimensioning would get you fired and escorted out the door.

msk

Rich

Re: Title Block
Posted: Nov 3, 2009 7:08 PM

in response to: msklein

Wow how backward thinking can one get? I draw only
in metric. It's such a better system I wish America would adopt it and drop
inch/mile. I can't imagine working for a company that would walk you out for
mentioning it.

Rich

"msklein" wrote in message news:6282958@discussion.autodesk.com...
At
more than one company i worked for just the mention of Metric dimensioning
would get you fired and escorted out the door.

msk

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