ltscale factors (metric)

[steve bush]

Dear Sir, Madam, or Anyone,

Any help with this topic will be appreciated. I'm working on a
project which must be done in metric. I know that the general rule of thumb
for ltscales in English units is that it should be half of what the scale
factor for the entire drawing is. For example, the ltscale for a 1/8" scale
drawing should be set for 48. Is this true for metric drawings?
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[Dave Jones]

Acad LTSCALE doesn't know the difference between metric and imperial.
Setting LTSCALE to 1/2 of the the drawing scale is aesthetically
pleasing to most and applies regardless of what the units are. IOW,
1/8" - 1'-0" = LTSCALE at 48
or
1 = 100 = LTSCALE at 50
should still be equally visually enjoyable :)

Dave
(not Sir, certainly not Madam, just anyone)

On Thu, 6 May 1999 16:23:50 -0400, "steve bush" <sb...@rcburns.com>
wrote:

[John Taylor]

It seems like most people in this newsgroup alter the ltscale instead of
line type itself. Isn't it a little more straightforward to always set the
ltscale to the plotted scale factor (48 for a 1/4" scale drawing), and
select the line type accordingly. In other words use linetype HIDDEN2
instead of HIDDEN if you want the dashes half as long and twice as many.
It just seems like you would have a better chance at consistency throughout
a given office this way. Am I missing something? Or am I splitting hairs?

JT

steve bush <sb...@rcburns.com> wrote in article
<7gstkm$1c...@adesknews2.autodesk.com>...

> Dear Sir, Madam, or Anyone,

[carolyn lambert]

Ltscale for metric should be 10 times the scale fator not half.
Dave Jones wrote in message <37343321....@adesknews.autodesk.com>...

>Acad LTSCALE doesn't know the difference between metric and imperial.
>Setting LTSCALE to 1/2 of the the drawing scale is aesthetically
>pleasing to most and applies regardless of what the units are. IOW,
>1/8" - 1'-0" = LTSCALE at 48
>or
>1 = 100 = LTSCALE at 50
>should still be equally visually enjoyable :)
>
>Dave
>(not Sir, certainly not Madam, just anyone)
>
>On Thu, 6 May 1999 16:23:50 -0400, "steve bush" <sb...@rcburns.com>
>wrote:
>

>>Dear Sir, Madam, or Anyone,
>>

>> Any help with this topic will be appreciated. I'm working on a

>>project which must be done in metric. I know that the general rule of

thumb
>>for ltscales in English units is that it should be half of what the scale

[E. Groskopfs]

We generally work in metres (ie to plot 1:1000 use 1=1) and a good rule of
thumb is LTSCALE is 10X the plot scale ( 5 for 1:500 (1=.5) or 10 for
1:1000(1=1)). hope this is not too confusing but you could work in mm and use
1/100 of plot scale.