Expert: Bob - 12/25/2006

Question
Hi,
I have just started using Autocad instead of hand drawing, Is it possible to somehow copy hard copy 1;1250 site plans into autocad, as the emailed maps from online digimap companies are twice the cost (£50 GB.
Many thanks,
Kevin Bond

Answer
SORRY THIS QUESTION GOT LOST--
Not really my field, but I can help your investigation.
1-- questions about AutoCAD lacking the release number and a better description of your purpose are very difficult to answer exactly.
2--I think you mean 1:1250 scale site plans, not 1;1250. Over here, we use Imperial, but ALL AUTOCAD IS DRAWN AT FULL SCALE WITHOUT EXCEPTION, UNLESS BY FOOLS, DINOSAURS,or some people with esoteric ways of working.
You draw at full scale, and make a layout with a viewport at the desired scale. Obviously, if you have a hand drawing in small scale, it will look bad, and probably be inaccurate 1250 times larger.
3-- Since you do not say if it is one plan or five hundred plans, I cant give good advice. If it were one, I would scan, import the image, blow it up, and draw over it.
4-- check out whatever the new name of the product is by Autodesk meant for what you are doing  (it used to be Autodesk Raster Design, go to Autodesk website), and check out local practice by professional colleagues in your area.
5-- Failing that working, find the  Autodesk AutoCAD discussion group for the release you have, and ask the question there, giving your location and more facts about the  work you are doing, your background, and your purpose. Someone there will know exactly what to tell you.
Good luck

BOB