inserting blocks

I have one question: when I make block and want to insert it in a
drawing with the same characteristics as the original one where the
block is made (measurement units millimeters, scale 1:50), AutoCAD
automatically scales it so it is much smaller than the original - it is
scaled with factor 0.0394...and a field in a dialog box where this
factor is shown isn't available for overwriting. It is so annoying that
each time when inserting the block, I have to scale it manually
(1/0.0394=25) in order to get the real measures.

How can I solve this problem?

tnx ;-)

 

Use something other than AutoCAD or it's clones ; }

Acad only really recognizes generic "units" of distance and then dresses
them up to look like other, real world units. If you drew it "in inches",
and import it to a draw "in meters" it will be 39.37 times "bigger" in a
world that recognizes both these unit types for what they are relative to
each other. Acad still doesn't do that after more than 25 years, and
probably never will.

 

I'm an ACAD 2008 user. when I chose 'annotative' option under Make
Block/Behaviour, everything went fine.

thanks bob ;-)

 

I always draw in millimeters and insert in the same units (am using my
blocks, not someone else's ;-))...now with 'annotative' option checked
(under make block dialog box), it works like a charm ;-)

 

What version?

 

latest, ACAD 2008. do you have it?

 

Nope.

 

now you've got reason to upgrade ;-)

 

that's true. when you try to zip an autocad2008 dwg file, you will get
only 12-16% smaller file.

when you've got DVDs for data storage and broadband internet connection
for file exchange, the size of the file is not an issue anymore.

 

Other apps do the same thing, and it'll still take lots of RAM to open it.

 

Haven't you heard? AutoCAD is on the way out.

 

really? where, in your office? all professionals that I know use
Autodesk products...what's your alternative? progecad and similar crapy
applications? autocad is the most comfortable CAD program I've ever
worked in.

 

I'm not talking about today, but soon.
They want you to buy Revit....

 

In a previous post ivana wrote...

Don't get around much do you? I use a 2D program called VisualCadd that
can draw circles around any ACad program (pun intended) when it comes to
ease of use and speed. Not to mention it will run on any Windows 32-bit
version and doesn't require huge system resources and a huge hard drive.

And the cost is less than $500.

--
Bob Morrison, PE, SE
R L Morrison Engineering Co
Structural & Civil Engineering
Poulsbo WA
bob at rlmorrisonengr dot com

 

It all depends on what NG's you read. Some of the people in the Autodesk Inventor NG say it is being phased out in flavour of inventor. But as we know if AD do phased it out it will be in flavour of one on there more massively over priced products.

Don't get around much do you? I use a 2D program called VisualCadd that
can draw circles around any ACad program (pun intended) when it comes to
ease of use and speed. Not to mention it will run on any Windows 32-bit
version and doesn't require huge system resources and a huge hard drive.

And the cost is less than $500.

--
Bob Morrison, PE, SE
R L Morrison Engineering Co
Structural & Civil Engineering
Poulsbo WA
bob at rlmorrisonengr dot com

 

err, no, I'm sitting on my arse all day, eating junk food and letting
CNN (and Bob Morrison, of course) inform me about the outer world.

I'm a civil engineer and by nature of my job, I meet architects and talk
to them on daily basis...vast majority of them uses autocad, several of
them are autodesk viz users and only one is an arhicad user.

I tried to draw in intelli/proge/bricks CAD programs only to realize
they're all a far cry from a productive software like autocad. not to
mention lots of bugs, sudden disappearing of certain toolbar buttons
etc. comfort goes along with price.

you don't want to pay for autocad? that's fine, but you won't sell the
story to me that visualcadd is a better piece of software.

 

I used Visual for several years and it's great within its limits, and
even improves on ACAD in some areas, BUT it is seriously limited, and
has real problems with exchanging files since it isn't the standard that
is widely used. Also, try rotating a dimensioned drawing and discover
really big problems. The biggest problem is that nobody with money to
invest really wants to do much with updating and marketing it. It's been
orphaned at least twice that I know (both Corel and IMSI), and where do
you turn to get bug fixes?