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  1. pedromorgan

    Scale drawings

    Ok guys thankyou very much. It took a couple of goes but I think I have it figured now. The internet really is a wonderfull thing. Peter
  2. pedromorgan

    Scale drawings

    I have a drawing scanned into my computer and its saved as a jpg. On the drawing there is a dimension marked. Is it possible to somehow import and scale the jpg file so that the dimension shown on it will corrispond to the dimensions in autocad. I think that makes sence!! I want to save all...
  3. pedromorgan

    Hatch default

    thankyou for that. its been very usefull. Peter
  4. pedromorgan

    Hatch default

    Sorry I should have said I am using autocad 2006. (and still getting over the culture shock from having upgraded from R14!!) Peter
  5. pedromorgan

    Hatch default

    evrytime I want to do a hatch the style defaults to "angle" is there any way to get it to go to solid? Peter Morgan
  6. pedromorgan

    right click

    Hello folks I have just upgraded from R14 to 2006 and i am having a bit of a culture shock! One thing i really liked about R14 that has changed is the right click. i now have this menu pop up when all i want to do is press enter. is there any way of changing this? What do other people do? do...
  7. pedromorgan

    circles in an arc

    Thankyou for all your help. Measure worked fine. Once again as with many things in autocad its dead easy once you know the command! Regards Peter
  8. pedromorgan

    circles in an arc

    thanks for the prompt reply. I have used measure before but not divide. I will have a play tonight. Regards Peter
  9. pedromorgan

    circles in an arc

    hello evryone I am still using R14 and i need to get a series of circles to follow an elipse. they represent rivit detail on a drawing i am doing. Any ideas on how i do this? its hgot me completly stumped. i have tried polar arrays but that only works in a circle not in an elipse. i can draw...
  10. pedromorgan

    defaulting

    Thanks for the reply. i will try that. I actually have ACAD 2006 sitting on my desk but i dont yet have a computer powerfull enough to run it! but that will change soon. Thanks again Peter
  11. pedromorgan

    defaulting

    Autocad 14 question, When drawing sircles I almost always use TTR but it always defaults to certre point. Is there a way of changing this? Peter
  12. pedromorgan

    R14 questions

    Is it possible to measure the length of a curved line on autocad 14? If there are several curves can I join them together and measure the length of the whole line rather than measuring each of the curves in turn? I have a drawing of a door that I want to import as a block into another drawing...
  13. pedromorgan

    changing the colour of a layer

    found it. thanks! Peter
  14. pedromorgan

    changing the colour of a layer

    Question from a thickie here-I only started with Autocad last night! I have done a drawing on 3 layers for a photo etch. The layers being top, bottom and a layout layer for my own guidence. The trouble is that I did all 3 layers in white and its now getting very confusing. I know that I can...

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