Drawing Scale

A drawing in AutoDRAFT is a model of a drawing sheet from Draft/Isodraft. All entities are created in AutoCAD model space.

Hidden line views of a design model are drawn as scaled views in Draft. The drawing displayed in AutoCAD is a model of the drawing sheet defined in Draft, so the scaled views drawn in Draft are effectively drawn at the same scale in AutoCAD. Thus, if an AutoCAD linear dimension were placed on a line in an Draft view it would show the length of the line on the paper, not the length of the line on the model. It is recommended that all dimensions are created in Draft where the true size of dimensioned items is shown.