How do I put an Center Line to present axis of symmetry between two walls or lines or edges or axis of square tubes on the drawing? I cannot find how to do it.
This drawing "SCALE" of drawings is really am erroneous statement from the times, when the drawings have been made only on paper by hand. If it was a true scale, then when you dimension it, it should show the dimensions to be also scaled, meaning what was designed as 6" dimension and now it is at 1:2 scale, should dimension 3". But in fact the dimensions are unchanged, because the drawing was not scaled, it was zoomed, just like screen. You can zoom the part on the screen at random ratio by the mouse to see the part as only small speck or to see zoomed detail across the whole screen.....The dimensions do not change. Whatever dimension is still showing same size no matter what the zoom is.....Though, technically speaking, if you scale something, it is bigger or smaller and the dimensions follow the scale...they change accordingly. .......I know it is customary to use the term "SCALE" in drawings which is different from scale in design, but someone should already notice the linguistic problem/ conflict and correct it. The parts on the drawings are not SCALED, they are ZOOMED at given precise ratio. Once it is printed, you can call it scale, because it is hard copy and cannot be changed anymore. You measure it and you "scale" the measured dimension to get the real one...though it is also duplicating effort, because all the dimension on electronic drawings are already there, so you do not have to scale anything, unlike on some old hand drawings, where the dimensions could be missing or not clearly visible, due to bad copy or something similar.
Nice explanation. Thanks for it.
Great succinct tutorial. Is it possible to include a 3D view at an arbitrary orientation? Middle-clicking rotates the entire page.
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How do I put an Center Line to present axis of symmetry between two walls or lines or edges or axis of square tubes on the drawing? I cannot find how to do it.
Hi, how can I create a new field to use in my custom drawing template?
This drawing "SCALE" of drawings is really am erroneous statement from the times, when the drawings have been made only on paper by hand. If it was a true scale, then when you dimension it, it should show the dimensions to be also scaled, meaning what was designed as 6" dimension and now it is at 1:2 scale, should dimension 3". But in fact the dimensions are unchanged, because the drawing was not scaled, it was zoomed, just like screen. You can zoom the part on the screen at random ratio by the mouse to see the part as only small speck or to see zoomed detail across the whole screen.....The dimensions do not change. Whatever dimension is still showing same size no matter what the zoom is.....Though, technically speaking, if you scale something, it is bigger or smaller and the dimensions follow the scale...they change accordingly. .......I know it is customary to use the term "SCALE" in drawings which is different from scale in design, but someone should already notice the linguistic problem/ conflict and correct it. The parts on the drawings are not SCALED, they are ZOOMED at given precise ratio. Once it is printed, you can call it scale, because it is hard copy and cannot be changed anymore. You measure it and you "scale" the measured dimension to get the real one...though it is also duplicating effort, because all the dimension on electronic drawings are already there, so you do not have to scale anything, unlike on some old hand drawings, where the dimensions could be missing or not clearly visible, due to bad copy or something similar.