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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regarding the comment on this thread about viewports between databases. I don’t think this is the whole answer to the problem with rescaling. However, there probably is some issue with a different scaled database of information from another translated drawing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We use this technique every day (placing viewports from one .DB into another .DB), and do not have any difficulty. Of course, we have standardized our system, so we have the same increments, etc. in all our .PJ’s and .DB’s. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>For example: we have multiple story office buildings with extensive tenant projects. We use the following technique for managing sheets for ongoing tenant work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Office Park: park name = location.pj (location or name of park)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Office Building: database name = 9201.db (related to building address or job #)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tenant Sheets: individual databases located in the same .PJ as the building database = 11007sht.db (name relates to job #)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tenant drawings are all done in the building database, including all plans and details. Viewports are cut in this database, and viewports are placed on the sheets which are located in their own separate database.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>In one particular office park (officepark.pj), we have five office buildings (building.db) ranging from 12 to 24 stories. A couple of these building databases now have well over 350 drawing files .DR’s. This office park has had hundreds of tenant jobs, so we have hundreds of sheet databases.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We do not have an troubles with this system, except when we need to manage a viewport (add a layer, for example), we must go back to the native drawing, set the layers again, then redefine the viewport > go back to sheets database, delete previous viewport, and re-place the corrected one.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Luckily, we had a customized bit of code designed by Steve Clark (ARRIS CAD Czar) that enables us to build our projects from scratch (empty) and covers all types of drawings that we use (from site thru plans of many types, elevations, sections, details, area/marketing, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Neal Logan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Edward Farr Architects, Inc.<br></span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D'>7710 Golden Triangle Drive<br>Eden Prairie, MN 55344<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Direct. 952-697-1083</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D'><br>Main: 952 943-9660 Fax. 952 943-9665</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:rhead78@att.net" title="rhead78@att.net">Robert Head</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:rhead78@att.net" title="rhead78@att.net">Robert Head</a> ; <a href="mailto:arriscad@lists.arriscad.com" title="arriscad@lists.arriscad.com">arriscad@lists.arriscad.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Tuesday, August 02, 2011 6:12 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Re: [arriscad] Sheets rescaling <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>One additional item that I noticed is the scaling that is listed under the v. port name changed from 1/2" = 1'-0" to 1" =24" Not sure if this has anything to do with it but more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Robert Head<br>CLM Architect LLC<br>248 231 4838<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Robert Head <<a href="mailto:rhead78@att.net">rhead78@att.net</a>><br><b>To:</b> "<a href="mailto:arriscad@lists.arriscad.com">arriscad@lists.arriscad.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:arriscad@lists.arriscad.com">arriscad@lists.arriscad.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 2, 2011 7:04 AM<br><b>Subject:</b> [arriscad] Sheets rescaling </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=yiv756373637><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I have a issue with the rescaling (arbitrarily) of all the sheets in a db. The sheet size on the template is 24 x 36 and scaling the sheet the sheet is 6 1/8" x 9 3/16" . Not all the sheets in the data base are rescaled only the ones which have view ports placed on them from one particular database. Any suggestions why this happened. I printed out the sheets 2 days ago with proper scaling. Should I remake the sheets and replace the v.ports or is there another way to fix?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Robert Head<br>CLM Architect LLC<br>248 231 4838<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='color:black'><br>_______________________________________________<br>arriscad mailing list<br><a href="mailto:arriscad@lists.arriscad.com">arriscad@lists.arriscad.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.arriscad.com/mailman/listinfo/arriscad" target="_blank">http://lists.arriscad.com/mailman/listinfo/arriscad</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>arriscad mailing list<br>arriscad@lists.arriscad.com<br>http://lists.arriscad.com/mailman/listinfo/arriscad<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></body></html>