Lost on how to scale properly

[Vdub4321]

I am trying to create a drawing with a 28'x26' rectangle. When I draw this in model space at a scale of 1'= 1', the lines for the rectangle go off the screen. The same thing happens when I change the scale in model space to 1/16"=1'. The drawing is for a floor plan that I want to eventually plot at a scale of 1/16" = 1'

 

[CarlAK]

Usually if you're drawing a floorplan you use arhitectural units and draw in feet and inches, AutoCAD considers one inch is one "unit". Something going off the screen is controlled by how you "zoom" into the view. By changing zoom you can view millions of units acroos a screen, or 0.000000000001 unit. Try a "zoom" "extents" to view all linework. You may want to change your "limits" to be greater than work area but to me limits are not useful, other than to allow "grid" to be used and to "zoom" "all".

You can plot in any scale later, by setting plot scale during plot. Preferred method to set plot scale is by setting the viewport scale in paperspace.

You do want to consider plot scale for any text and dimensions placed so they will display properly. you usually want text plotted at least 1/8" tall, which is 2' high for the 1/16" scale.