Scale Drawing Wizard dialog box

Use the Scale Drawing Wizard to define a new scale unit. (You can also use the Add Custom Units dialog box.) Scales defined with the Scale Drawing Wizard are automatically applied to the rulers and saved to the drawing.

To use the Scale Drawing Wizard, enter the requested information on each screen, then click Next or Finish.

Select Measurement System

Lets you select the imperial (inches and feet) or metric (centimeters and meters) measurement system.

Select Scale Type

This screen appears if you selected the imperial system and lets you select architectural (using feet and inches) or engineering (in which each division of an inch is a multiple of ten).

Select Architectural Scale

This screen appears if you selected the architectural scale and lets you select from a list of common scales.

Set Up Metric Scale

This screen appears if you selected the metric system and lets you enter the number of units per inch and the label to use.

Select Drawing

The last screen lets you specify which drawings to apply the scale to and whether to apply the scale to all future drawings.



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Using the Scale Drawing Wizard