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Simple External Drawing Scale Question...

Chris Grantham — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:15:58 GMT

So I am doing an as-built model based on some drawings I received in .wmf format at 1:100 Metric Scale. Obviously ArchiCAD does not recognize this format so I opened them in Adobe Illustrator and converted to a .dxf format. I then went ahead and placed the drawings via the external content menu and set the unit for (custom) 100 mm, thinking it was a CM after all of this conversion. I think I have done something wrong as this does not scale correctly at all, nor does dropping it in at a 1 meter (way too big). I feel like there is something simple here that I am missing. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance!

Re: Simple External Drawing Scale Question...

Eduardo Rolon — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:23:11 GMT

The problem might be Illustrator, since it sometimes processes files based on page size and changes the scale.

Also you are assuming that the wmf is correct.

Possible solution is to rescale the vectors exported from Illustrator using the edit -> reshape -> resize, command in AC.

edited to clear up my bad inglish grammar

Re: Simple External Drawing Scale Question...

Chris Grantham — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:53:14 GMT

I guess I really don't know that every thing is cool with the .wmf file. Also I am not the sharpest tool in the shed when it comes to illustrator. When I measure a door width in Illustrator I get approximately .269 cm. I am guessint this should be closer to 1 cm if this is in fact a 1:100 scale.

Re: Simple External Drawing Scale Question...

Eduardo Rolon — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:21:51 GMT

rescale it in Archicad, it is easier, the command sequence I wrote above applies to AC not to Illustrator.