How to use imperial units in autocad structural detailing 2015

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You may need to REGEN your drawing before seeing the effect. It’s at the right bottom of the AutoCAD window.Ĭhange to the value to the size you want to plot it. If you don’t see the linetype don’t worry.

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Especially if you already define your own template. Yes, you can change the units later, but you can save a lot of time when you use the right template. If you use imperial, then use the imperial template. If you work with metrics, use the metric template. It’s as easy as 1,2,3! Step 1: Use the Right AutoCAD Template It is not that hard at all when you know what controls the linetype appearance. We have them correctly in our model, but they are all gone in our viewports! Sometimes we end up doing a trial and error (again) to get it right.

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How to get the correct linetype scale for our AutoCAD drawings? Why my linetype is not showing, just continuous lines? Sometimes we also have a hard time when setting viewport in layout. Controlling the linetype scale can be confusing.

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