{"id":13978,"date":"2023-12-19T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/?p=13978"},"modified":"2023-12-13T11:34:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T19:34:36","slug":"how-to-scale-in-autocad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/how-to-scale-in-autocad\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Scale in AutoCAD: Tuesday Tips With Frank"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Let&#8217;s consider the word \u201cscale.\u201d It can have many meanings. A quick search of Merriam-Webster lists fifteen definitions as nouns and ten as a verb, anywhere from a graduated series of musical tones to the act of climbing to reach a summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the world of AutoCAD, it can generally be pared down to two meanings. One takes us back to the days of manual (or \u201cboard\u201d) drafting. It refers to the scale of the presentation of a drawing or view. Think of it as a ratio of presented units to the drawing units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other is the act of modifying one or more objects to physically change their size in your drawing by using the SCALE command. Let\u2019s examine both of these and how to scale in AutoCAD for today\u2019s post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-scale-of-your-drawing\">The Scale of Your Drawing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s travel back to the days of board drafting for a minute. For our examples, we\u2019ll assume a drafter must draw an architectural floor plan. Obviously, a full-scale drawing wouldn\u2019t fit on the paper, so they had to decide beforehand what scale they would draw it at. Choose poorly, and you got to start all over. Good times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fast forward to today, and AutoCAD works differently. There, you\u2019ll draw the floorplan at full scale in Model Space, then view it through a layout viewport, which is then scaled for proper representation. Choose poorly now, and all you have to do is select a different scale. Let\u2019s look at some of the ways to do this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first thing to know is that AutoCAD has become much more friendly in this regard. Using the command line only (or dynamic input), you can activate the viewport, issue the ZOOM command, select the Scale option, and enter your desired scale with an XP appended on the end. Unless you\u2019re creating a script or macro, you probably won\u2019t want to use this method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is where the improvements come in. From Paper Space, select the edge of your viewport. You\u2019ll see a down arrow appear at the center. Click it, and a menu of available scales will appear. Select the one you want. If you prefer, you can select the scale from the Viewport Scale tool in the Status Bar. In the following image, I\u2019ve merged both of these methods together. In reality, you can only do one at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/13\/Scaling_1.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"1428\" data-lbwps-height=\"849\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/13\/Scaling_1-300x178.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/13\/Scaling_1-1024x609.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of paper space and viewport in AutoCAD\" class=\"wp-image-13979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/13\/Scaling_1-1024x609.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/13\/Scaling_1-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/13\/Scaling_1-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/13\/Scaling_1.jpg 1428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s one other way to scale viewports, and it involves a little help from AutoCAD itself. I even discussed it in my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/blogs\/autocad\/how-to-create-a-viewport-in-autocad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent Tuesday Tip about creating viewports<\/a>. When you use the Insert View tool from the Layout Viewports panel of the contextual Layout ribbon menu, AutoCAD will do its best to pre-scale it for you. It also locks the viewport when it&#8217;s created, so if you need to change the scale, make sure you unlock it first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"scale-command\">SCALE Command<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As we learned earlier, the other kind of scaling in AutoCAD is to physically change the size of an object with the SCALE command, which you can find in the Modify panel of the Home tab in the ribbon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/19\/Scaling_2.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"505\" data-lbwps-height=\"264\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/19\/Scaling_2-300x157.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"505\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/19\/Scaling_2.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of AutoCAD and where to find Scale in the ribbon\" class=\"wp-image-13983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/19\/Scaling_2.jpg 505w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/19\/Scaling_2-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When you run the command, you\u2019ll immediately be prompted to select objects. The next prompt is to select a base point. In the examples below, we are going to scale the box on the left so that it is the same size as the one on the right. We\u2019ll choose the lower left corner as our base point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that those two tasks are done, you have a few options. You can just drag your mouse and left-click to select a point, but that\u2019s not very accurate. If you know the scale factor, you can just type it in. For instance, if our box were half the size of the larger one, we would type in 2. If it were twice as big as it needs to be, you would type in .5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the Command Line of the Dynamic Input pulldown menu, you\u2019ll find two options. You can make a copy of the selected objects to be scaled, or you can specify a reference distance. Since we want the left box to match the right box, that\u2019s what we\u2019ll select.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/19\/Scaling_3.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"601\" data-lbwps-height=\"314\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/19\/Scaling_3-300x157.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/19\/Scaling_3.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of Command Line of the Dynamic Input pulldown menu in AutoCAD\" class=\"wp-image-13986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/19\/Scaling_3.jpg 601w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/19\/Scaling_3-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ll be prompted to select a reference length. Think of this operation as \u201c<em>this<\/em> length will equal <em>that<\/em> length.\u201d Using endpoint OSnaps, we\u2019ll select one side of the small box. This is our reference length. Next, you\u2019ll be prompted to specify a new length. Again, we have options. If you know what the length is supposed to be, you can type it in. So, in the animation below, we could have just typed in 9 1\/4\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But if you don\u2019t know the new length, you can specify two points. From the \u201cspecify new length\u201d prompt, select Points from the Command Line or use the Dynamic Input pulldown menu. You\u2019ll be prompted to select a first point and a second point. Using an endpoint Osnap again, select the two points on the larger box corresponding to the two reference points you selected. After selecting the second point, the small box will scale to become precisely the same size as the larger box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"456\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 712 \/ 456;\" width=\"712\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/19\/How-to-scale-in-AutoCAD-video.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"summary\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So, that\u2019s how to scale in AutoCAD in a nutshell. It\u2019s either a scale applied to layout viewport, typically for printing purposes, or you\u2019re enlarging or reducing the size of objects. Yes, scale comes up in other contexts, such as Annotative Scaling or the DIMSCALE variable, but as I said, it can usually be pared down to these two. One thing I do know is that it has nothing to do with those little flat things that cover the outside of a fish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"more-tuesday-tips\">More Tuesday Tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out our whole\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/blogs\/autocad\/tag\/tuesday-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tuesday Tips series<\/a>\u00a0for ideas on how to make AutoCAD work for you. Do you have any favorite AutoCAD tips? Tell us in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s consider the word \u201cscale.\u201d It can have many meanings. A quick search of Merriam-Webster lists fifteen definitions as nouns and ten as a verb, anywhere from a graduated series of musical tones to the act of climbing to reach a summit. 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