Drawing scale on layout block

[crstn]

Hi

I am new to QCad so please bear with me ...

I haved searched a lot for an answer to my question, so maybe the question is wrong, but:

I have made a relatively simple floor plan, and I want to print it via a viewport in a layout block.

What I can't figure out is how to read/find the scale of my drawing as it is shown on my sheet of A4 paper.

In the properties of the viewport it has a scale of '0.97', which is certainly not the scale of my 9,44 m wide building shown on a 210 mm wide piece of paper ...

When printing directly from the model space I can scale the drawing to 1:67, which makes sense, but where do I find/set that scale when printing via a layout block?

Any advice is much appreciated!

[CVH]

Hi, and welcome to the QCAD forum.

If one edits a Paper_Space block or Layout then QCAD turns on the print preview mode.
Each Layout Block has its own specific paper scale that may differ from a simple print preview of Model_Space.
Essentially the parameters of the Layout 'Model' and stored in the global Drawing Preferences

Before there was a scale field in the Options Toolbar when viewing a Layout Block.
In recent QCAD releases one can change the paper scale by clicking on the 'Page Settings' button.

While creating a Viewport one can set the scale before defining the second corner.
The scale of a selected Viewport can be altered using the Property Editor.

I would not scale the content of my Viewport but use a paper scale for everything in the same scale on paper.
But you can of course add a Viewport of some details in another scale.

Regards,
CVH

[andrew]

When using layout blocks, the paper scale mentioned above should always be 1 or 1:1 (default). I.e. whatever you draw into the layout block directly (drawing border, drawing header, etc.) is drawn 1:1.

Individual viewports can be scaled to display part of your drawing at a particular scale (e.g. 1:67 in your example).

If you can attach your drawing file, we can help you more efficiently (see forum rules at the top in red).

[crstn]

Thank you for answering and sorry for not attaching.

Here it is!

[andrew]

Your paper space had an arbitrary scale.
I've attached the drawing as I would recommend to arrange and scale it: paper space 1:1, viewport for example 1:100.

[crstn]

Amazing, thank you.

I don't know how I messed that up