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Just used the new version

Did an excellent job, saved as dxf and imported into autocad lt.
Came up in positive quadrant and as a large image.

But the scale is off. Didn't figure out how to adjust the scale in
WinTopo.

The drawing was 1" = 1' and the dwg is showing 3'10" in ACAD not 23 ft
it should be.

Guidance

TIA

len
Tue Jul 22, 2003 1:32 pm

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Just used the new version Did an excellent job, saved as dxf and imported into autocad lt. Came up in positive quadrant and as a large image. But the scale is... 		trikinimaster
Offline Send Email 		Jul 22, 2003
1:48 pm

... You need to use the "Vector->Set Scale..." option to tell WinTopo about the original scale of your drawing. At an original scale of 1"=1' this is a scale...
wintopo_pro
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2:36 pm

Thank you. Did scale in ACAD at 12:1 for the 1" to a ft and was twice the actual size, so did a .50 and was right on. Your right was scanning at 200 dpi The...
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