# Silly CAD question

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silly-cad-question/3259>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [October 10, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silly-cad-question/3259 "2005-10-10T16:50:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silly-cad-question/3259/1 "2005-10-10T16:50:14Z")

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How Can I adjust the scale of something? Say I have a drawing of a building, and the doorway is 3" in CAD, how can I adjust the scale of the drawing so that it will be 3’?

Meaning if i command: dist it will read 3’. Not just plot it to scale, but change the scale of the cad drawing

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silly-cad-question/3259/2 "2005-10-10T16:58:44Z")

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NEWMAN SAVES THE DAY

\<3 NEWMAN

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**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silly-cad-question/3259/3 "2005-10-10T19:25:10Z")

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damn ME majors

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**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silly-cad-question/3259/4 "2005-10-10T19:41:09Z")

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dont need to be an ME major…but i guess newman answered ur quesiton

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**Author:** ![jay\_g](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jay_g/32/111288_2.png) [@jay\_g](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jay_g)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 6:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silly-cad-question/3259/5 "2005-10-11T06:10:20Z")

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> [@MaximaSE98](#):
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> dont need to be an ME major

:wstupid: simple answer.