Z GUY Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 I’m using Auto CAD 2012, but I know only the commands that I’ve to use very often at my work. Before 2012, I used 2007. Sometimes I feel that although I’m using 2012 I can’t get some as 2007. Today I used scale command, unfortunately 2012 doesn’t show last scale factor. Normally I used scale command with reference length to guess the length approximately and I put the scale factor that I’ll need. It’s very useful for me. Now, I’ve a problem with 2012. I would like to get back that reply from scale. I’ll be hoping some sort of reply from here. Thanks. Quote
rkent Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 If the command line is already on, grab it and drag it down to make it larger. But, don't guess at anything. Using Align is a little quicker than Scale, check in help. Quote
Z GUY Posted January 31, 2012 Author Posted January 31, 2012 I did not get although i've done as you said. I want to see last scale factor at command line as 2007. Quote
Dadgad Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 I don't think that is going to happen with 2012, there are quite a few reasonably substantial improvements since 2007, but I see no way to make it display as previously. I understand why you liked it remembering the last entry value, seems unfortunate that it no longer does. Quote
SLW210 Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 (edited) I do not recall OOTB AutoCAD ever displaying the previous scale. Perhaps you had a customization. Edited January 31, 2012 by SLW210 Quote
RobDraw Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 2011 remembers the last scale factor. Instead of inputting a scale factor just hit enter. This is probably the same for 2012. Quote
ReMark Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 2007 definitely retained the last used scale factor. Verified it this morning. Quote
SLW210 Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 2011 remembers the last scale factor. Instead of inputting a scale factor just hit enter. This is probably the same for 2012. True, I meant to say it does not display it on the command line. The OP is saying it used to display the scale factor on the command line I guess similar to fillet, circle, radius, offset etc. Quote
rkent Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 I did not get although i've done as you said. I want to see last scale factor at command line as 2007. Perhaps set INPUTHISTORYMODE to 6, then try again. Hitting the up arrow key will display the previous input. Or maybe hit F2 to display the text window, scroll up to see recent input. Quote
ReMark Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 If it does not display right at the command line then I don't think the OP is going to be satisfied. Command: scale Select objects: 1 found Select objects: Specify base point: Specify scale factor or [Copy/Reference] : 2.0 Command: SCALE Select objects: 1 found Select objects: Specify base point: Specify scale factor or [Copy/Reference] : .5 Quote
SLW210 Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 I don't recall it ever displaying the previous scale, but I guess the memory is the first to go. I definitely can't find a way to get it to work in 2011. Quote
ReMark Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 My last post contained a print out taken directly from AutoCAD 2007's text screen. Works the same way in 2010 too. Quote
SLW210 Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 This is what I get when I scale using the previous scale by hitting enter. Command: SCALE2 found Specify base point: Specify scale factor or [Copy/Reference]: Quote
RobDraw Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 This is what I get when I scale using the previous scale by hitting enter. Same here. Quote
SLW210 Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 (edited) OK, according to complaints at Autodesk, this has been removed starting with 2011. I could find any threads on getting this back. Edited February 1, 2012 by SLW210 Quote
rkent Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 This is odd, but if I use .scale I get the desired result. So start the scale command with a period, works here on 2012 anyway. Command: .SCale Select objects: 1 found Select objects: Specify base point: Specify scale factor or [Copy/Reference]: r Specify reference length : Specify new length or [Points] : 8 Quote
ReMark Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 No joy in vanilla 2012 using .scale instead. Quote
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