scaling cad drawing

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jessica

Hi,

I am a new user to Visio and basically know what I need to in order to get
by, but now I could use some help if anyone is willing.

I am working on a layout for a convention center that our business will be
using for an upcoming convention. I have imported a cad drawing of the
facility into Visio (2003) and have converted it as well. I need to take this
drawing and add some additional elements. However, the preexisting elements
are not to scale. For instance, when I click on a support beam that should be
5 ft x 5 ft, the size and position window says that it's only 2 in x 2 in. I
need to find a way to scale the drawing - as a whole - to the actual
dimensions. I know how to adjust the page size and drawing scale, but I don't
think this is the same thing b/c - in the past - when I have applied a scale,
the dimensions of the elements (in the size & position window) are still
correct / true to real life, but here this isn't the case.

any suggestions? thanks!

jessica
 
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Mark Nelson [MS]

Chances are that the CAD drawing scale was not sync'd up with the Visio
drawing scale at the time the CAD drawing was converted. If you are able to
repeat this step, I look here.

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Mark Nelson
Office Graphics - Visio
Microsoft Corporation

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