I must be missing something obvious. I want to create a scaled drawing. I make geologic cross sections with drill holes that are 500 to 1000' deep. I would like to set the drawing scale to something like 1"=250'. So a 1000 foot drill hole would be a line 4 inches long on the screen. I have gone to the Drawing Scale List and figured out how to create a new scale, but nothing I try allows me to change the drawing scale from 1:1. I can edit the list, but I can't change the 1:1 default. I have tried right clicking, double clicking etc. It seems that the drawing area stays at the original 1:1 scale. What am I doing wrong? I want to make a drawing where I can give the Line command the coordinates 250,0 and it draws a vertical line 1 inch long. I would appreciate any help. Thanks.
ok, If you set up a custom scale...1:3000.
That will equal 1"=250'
You can enter 1" = 250' but when Corel saves it...it changes to the 1:3000 ratio
oops just noticed you are working on CorelCad.
I'm using Draw. Hopefully they are the same.
Thanks, but they are vastly different. CorelDraw is logical when setting the scale. CAD programs not so much. Fortunately my son has an engineering degree, he figured it out. It appears I had to set the Boundary Limits of the drawing to some huge number like 2000 to 1000 then Zoom to the Boundary. Once that was done the Grid had to be reset to something like 100 x 100 at which point it disappeared (might be a bug as it magically reappeared after moving the mouse around and clicking a few times). It appears the Drawing Scale table does nothing to the drawing, it is for specifying printout scales. Would be nice if this program had anything resembling documentation to explain that. The online help borders on useless. I guess you are supposed to buy the $42 online manual.