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How to find the viewport scale

Friday, June 10, 2005

Today, I was asked about how to find the viewport scale in AutoCAD. I thought this would be a good posting on my blog. Normally, in order to determine or change the scale of a viewport in paperspace, I use the keystroke CTRL + 1, but if you have the express tools installed (available in AutoCAD 2004 to 2006), you can just type the command "vpscale" in the command prompt.

posted by Fernando Salgado, 4:05 PM

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thanks! that worked like a charm!

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Gina, 9/26/2007 7:18 PM

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I'm Fernando Salgado From Whitby, Ontario, Canada I work at a consulting company as a Structural technologist, where I use AutoCAD daily. I have used AutoCAD, off and on for about 10 years, starting with the R14 version up until the current version. I like learning new tricks, sharing my knowledge and involving myself in the "CAD" community. I've also ventured into the web design field, with my own company Chimera for a number of years. On a personal note, I was born in Mozambique, lived in Portugal from the age of three, where I studied land surveying and engineering. In 2000, I moved to Canada, where I pursued web design and it wasn't until 2004 that I went into drafting again. I'm mostly self-taught AutoCAD and make it a hobby to collect as many books on the subject as possible.
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