HI
I am a beginner AutoCAD user. Can someone tell me how do you mention north in Acad. I use to type view=top in microstation and the view will rotate upward pointing to north. ehat is equivalant of that in AutoCAD please. thanks
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HI
I am a beginner AutoCAD user. Can someone tell me how do you mention north in Acad. I use to type view=top in microstation and the view will rotate upward pointing to north. ehat is equivalant of that in AutoCAD please. thanks
Hi
Depending on exactly what it is you after achieving, there are a number of ways to get there...
Command: _.-View Enter
Enter an option [?/Delete/Orthographic/Restore/Save/sEttings/Window]: _O Enter
Enter an option [Top/Bottom/Front/BAck/Left/Right]<Top>: _T Enter
Have a good one, Mike
Thanks for the help. What I am trying to achieve is that when the drawing is final; then I would like to put a block in for north that is pointing towards real north.
thanks
HiOriginally Posted by abid.tabassum
No worries...
Ok! assuming you mean Real North in the sense of Y axis pointing vertically up the screen when CS is set to WCS, try the following...
System variable UCSFollow = 0
Command: _.UCS Enter
Current ucs name: *NO NAME*
Specify origin of UCS or [Face/NAmed/OBject/Previous/View/World/X/Y/Z/ZAxis] <World>: _W Enter
WCS is now set if the Y axis was pointing vertically up the screen (depending on your particular situation, the Y axis might actually be pointing vertically up the screen).
Insert your North Arrow Block (before doing so, you may wish to check the value associated with the system variable SnapAng).
Have a good one, Mike
Hi
Mike thanks for the tip, I really appreciate it.