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Working with Scales

A scale is an object that defines the representation of the model in paper viewports of a layout using a ratio in which units of model space correlate to units of paper space.

For more details, see the following topics:

Concept of Scales

Organization of Scales

Specific Properties of Scales

Manipulating Objects of the Scale Dictionary

Example of Working with the Scale Object

Example of Working with the Scale Dictionary Object

See Also

Working with Dictionaries of Objects

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