I'm doing a detail of an area on a survey map. This will be a larger scale.
What is the best way to do a blowup of a drawing without having to manually change distances ect. I'm using Carlson Survey stand alone 2011.
Thanks
Paperspace
Ditto on the paperspace. I forget how to to explain how to do it but you can do it to a particular scale, makes a very nice presentation.
When you're in PS, activate whichever model area you want to work in, and then type the command "z".
While on that command, type 1/**xp, where the stars are the desired scale.
Keep in mind that the text and symbols will be scaled up much larger; I like the model freeze option to make each view look correct.
COPY
CROSSING
Draw a box around the area you want to detail and drag it to the side. Trim any lines that extend outside your detail area and then use SCALE to blow it up to the size you want.
Not as elegant as the paper space idea but it works and it is quick.
T.W.
The problem with this method (crossing in model space) is that its scales everything up, or down; dimensions, text, symbols, etc., you should really do this in paperspace to eliminate the need to resize these attributes.
If you've never used it, "Paper space" appears to be a strange concept from another world. Learning takes a little work, but once you do, you'll never look back and you'll begin to wonder what else you never bothered to learn to make your life easier.
:good: :good: paperspace
This is an AutoCad tutorial of paperspace/modelspace but the concept is the same whether you are using Autocad or intellicad
http://www.autocadcentral.com/Tutorials/Lesson%2010/lesson10.htm