Autodesk AutoSketch 10, Commercial Full, EN 003A1-091111-1001 User Manual

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Chapter 2

Make the Transition from Paper to CAD

Drawing scale is something you consider when laying out your drawing. You 
establish scale differently in CAD than you do with manual drafting.

With manual drafting, you must deter-
mine the scale of a view before you start 
drawing. This scale compares the size of 
the actual object to the size of the object 
drawn on paper.

In AutoSketch, drawings are created 
using the real-world values you specify. 
The computer handles scaling the draw-
ing to fit on paper. 

For example, you can use feet and inches, 
or meters and kilometers, and so on. You 
might draw a motor part with millime-
ters as the unit of length so that entering 
25 means “25 millimeters.” When you 
draw a map, you might select kilometers 
so that entering 25 means “25 
kilometers.” 

Although you can easily change scaling 
at any point while drawing, it is useful at 
the start to select a scale that is appropri-
ate to the drawing you are working on. 
This allows you to keep your drawing on 
the “page” that AutoSketch displays on 
screen. 

Draw the object at full scale in the units you specify.

When you lay out and plot your drawing, 
you can set any scale you like.