How to scale details has always been a problem. I have one guy who drafts in the "real world" off to the side of the page, then copy/enlarges to the page within the title block area for printing. If he needs to revise, then copy/enlarge/invert to the side, make the changes, and repeat. If everyone in the office did that way, it might be ok. If an entire sheet is 3/4" scale, then the title block might be adjusted accordingly, but then if one detail might be another size, then you have to do the math to make it work.
I have a better solution than one I posted last summer. Then, I used 8 layers, one to draft at a scale, another to print at 1/8" scale, and repeat for 3 other common scales. That was complex when copying into a new drawing and having to redefine 8 xrefs properly. We like to have all sheets plot at 1/8" scale and draft accordingly.
I've learned that I can have any number of self-xref's on a single layer, making each one them enlarge at a proper factor so that if something is drawing "real world" in one box, it appears at a chosen scale inside the print area.
My title block is xref'd to surround the large box at the upper left. Anything drafted in any of the 4 boxes stacked on the right will appear enlarged appropriately in the title block area when the title block is printed at 1/8" scale. If you like printing at "full scale", just adjust the xref enlargements accordingly. If you draft one detail and decide you wanted it to appear at a different scale, just move it to a different box.
I have a better solution than one I posted last summer. Then, I used 8 layers, one to draft at a scale, another to print at 1/8" scale, and repeat for 3 other common scales. That was complex when copying into a new drawing and having to redefine 8 xrefs properly. We like to have all sheets plot at 1/8" scale and draft accordingly.
I've learned that I can have any number of self-xref's on a single layer, making each one them enlarge at a proper factor so that if something is drawing "real world" in one box, it appears at a chosen scale inside the print area.
My title block is xref'd to surround the large box at the upper left. Anything drafted in any of the 4 boxes stacked on the right will appear enlarged appropriately in the title block area when the title block is printed at 1/8" scale. If you like printing at "full scale", just adjust the xref enlargements accordingly. If you draft one detail and decide you wanted it to appear at a different scale, just move it to a different box.
--just wandering-