You can scale within the solidworks part model, if you are looking change the physical scale of the part(s). Within the drawing, you can use dual dimensioning at whichever scale you desire (most use this for converting between imperial and metric units).
in the digital world it's silly to use scale on the drawing at all. that's to do with drafting. on a computer this varies with screen size and paper size. it's not like one would hold a ruler to the paper and scale up from there. it's just to fit the view on the given real estate. it would be nice however if SW just gave a digital option like 0.1 scale instead of the colon or fractional brain tease.
While it is somewhat of a throwback to the time of hand drafting, hard copy drawings are still more common than you think. Large system installations still utilize D-Size and E-Size drawings. Contractors may use an engineer's scale or an architect's scale to get a sense for the sizes on your prints. Scales are also a requirement per ANSI and ASME drawing specifications.
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Is it also possible to scale the dimension units too and not just the drawing itself?
You have to do that when you're designing your part. That would be done in the part/assembly editor before making your drawing.
You can scale within the solidworks part model, if you are looking change the physical scale of the part(s). Within the drawing, you can use dual dimensioning at whichever scale you desire (most use this for converting between imperial and metric units).
in the digital world it's silly to use scale on the drawing at all. that's to do with drafting. on a computer this varies with screen size and paper size. it's not like one would hold a ruler to the paper and scale up from there. it's just to fit the view on the given real estate.
it would be nice however if SW just gave a digital option like 0.1 scale instead of the colon or fractional brain tease.
While it is somewhat of a throwback to the time of hand drafting, hard copy drawings are still more common than you think. Large system installations still utilize D-Size and E-Size drawings. Contractors may use an engineer's scale or an architect's scale to get a sense for the sizes on your prints. Scales are also a requirement per ANSI and ASME drawing specifications.