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Introduction
There has alwas been some confusion over the size of standard ISO drawing sheets with AutoCAD.The stated
sizes in the plot dialogue box are not the true ISO sizes, rather they relate to the plotted area on standard size
cut sheets. Obviously it is not possible to print right to the edge of cut sheets, so the AutoCAD sizes quoted are
always smaller than the true cut sheet size. See the "Paper Size" dialogue box on the right.
The ISO
Paper sizes in millimetres
A0 1189 x 841
A1 841 x 594
A2 594 x 420
A3 420 x 297
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paper sizes are devised in such a way that each smaller size is exactly half the size of the previous one. For example,
cutting an A3 sheet in half so that the cut is perpendicular to the longest side would result in two A4 sheets. See the
illustration above.
For example
To draw an A3 sheet:
1. Start the Rectangle command, type RECTANG at the command prompt, pick "Rectangle" from the "Draw"
pull-down or click on the button.
3. At the Other corner: prompt, enter a relative co-ordinate using the appropriate drawing sheet dimensions, type
@420,297 and right click or at the keyboard.
4. Your drawing sheet outline will now be drawn at the correct size. If you cannot see all of the rectangle, use Zoom
Extents to view the whole thing. You can do this by typing Z E at the keyboard (Z is the keyboard shortcut
for the Zoom command).
For example
An A3 sheet at 1:200 and drawing units in millimeters can be calulated as follows:
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The only other consideration you need to make when plotting in Model Space is the plotting scale. This will be different
depending upon which drawing units you are using.Working in millimetres is straightforward because you can use the
actual scale in the Plot dialogue box since plotted units are also in millimetres. For example, a drawing to be plotted at
1:500 with drawing units in millimetres will have a plot scale of 1=500. Working in metres is a little more complicated. You
will need to divide the scale by 1000 to get the correct figure. For example, a drawing to be plotted at 1:500 with drawing
units in metres will have a plot scale of 1=0.5 which is 1000 times smaller than the figure for millimetres because there
are 1000 millimetres in a metre.
1:20 1 = 0.02
1:50 1 = 0.05
1:200 1 = 0.2
1:500 1 = 0.5
1:1250 1 = 1.25
1:2500 1 = 2.5
The table above lists a number of common plot scales and their corresponding plot scale factors which should be used
when plotting from Model Space and when drawing units are in metres.
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