You will now see an empty AutoCAD with no ribbon visible. Type the command ‘ribbonclose’ and enter to close the Ribbon. This is frustrating for some users but here is a way to set up AutoCAD’s User interface so that it looks like he old classic Mode.įirst, open AutoCAD and a new drawing. You can now print your map at the specified scale.Since AutoCAD version 2015 the Classic mode workspace as a preset has been taken away. Your new custom scale will be listed, select this and your drawing will now fill the Viewport at the selected scale: The current drawing scale will be displayed in the scale selection drop down:
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In the Page Setup Manager window select *Layout1* and then 'Modify'.Do this by right clicking on the 'Layout1' tab and select 'Page Setup Manager' from the popup menu. Change the paper size to the one you want to print.Do this by clicking once on the black box that highlights the extents of the Viewport (it will change to blue to indicate that it is selected), then press delete. On the layout page, delete the existing Viewport to give you a blank page.In the main AutoCAD map window select the 'Layout1' tab at the bottom left.
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Creating a print file at a specified scale This will have changed the drawing from metres to millimetres. You may need to press the zoom extents button to view the data.
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CHANGE AUTOCAD COMMANDS ISO
However, printing in AutoCAD is based on ISO paper sizes using millimetres so in order to print at a specific scale you need to convert the model from metres to millimetres.
CHANGE AUTOCAD COMMANDS HOW TO
The instructions below explain how to re-scale a drawing from metres to millimetres. AutoCAD typically deals in millimetres, but Ordnance Survey data available in Digimap is provided in metres.