In this exercise, you will change the horizontal drawing scale and see how text height is affected. At the current horizontal scale of 1:500, the 2MM text style is 1 drawing unit high. The plot scale for a 1:500 scale drawing is 2 with plotting units in millimeters. This results in 2MM text style being plotted with a 2 mm height.
On the command line enter ST to display the Text Style dialog box.
From the Style Name list, select 2MM, in the Font section, enter 1 for the Height, click Apply, and then click Close to continue.
Use the following steps to change the horizontal drawing scale to 1:1000.
On the Projects menu, click Drawing Setup to display the Drawing Setup dialog box.
Click the Scale tab, in the Drawing Scale section, from the Horizontal list, select 1:1000, and then click OK.
On the command line, enter ST to display the Text Style dialog box.
Verify that the height of the 2MM text style is 2, and then click Cancel to continue.
The plot scale for a 1:1000 scale drawing is 1 with plotting units in millimeters. Again, this results in 2MM text style being plotted with a 2 mm height. The appropriate scaling of text styles occurs with all text styles that you use when working with AutoCAD Land Desktop.
Use the following steps to change the precision of elevation values to 1.
On the Projects menu, click Drawing Setup to display the Drawing Setup dialog box.
Click the Units tab. In the Display Precision section, from the Elevation list, select 1, and then in the Samples section verify the change to the sample elevation value.
This change affects all future elevation values in this drawing, including point marker elevation text.
Use the following steps to change the drawing base point and north rotation angle.
Click the Orientation tab. In the Base Point section, click Pick, and then use a Node Osnap to select point number 10 for the Base point.
As the Drawing Setup dialog box is displayed again, in the Northing and Easting section, enter 5000 for the Northing and 5000 for the Easting.
In the North Rotation section, enter 13.2450 for the Angle, and then click OK.
In AutoCAD Land Desktop, north rotation angles are represented in degrees, minutes, and seconds. The value, 13.2450, represents 13 degrees, 24 minutes, and 50 seconds, not a decimal degree value.
As an AutoCAD message dialog box is displayed, click OK to continue.
Use the following steps to insert a north arrow to show the north rotation.
On the Utilities menu, click Symbol Manager to display the Symbol Manager dialog box.
Verify that COGO Symbols is displayed in the Symbol Set list. From the Palette list select Details, select North Arrow, and then click OK.
Specify an insertion point for the north arrow, the press ENTER to accept the default, Magnetic, for the description.
Click here to see an illustration of the north arrow.