... therefore it is 1:0.1 in metres (quote that on your drawing)... get used to it or draw it using the base unit of mm.

Then scale wouldn't have to be "1000 DUnits = 100" wich is as you said simplified to scale "1 : 0.1". But it would simply be "1 : 100"

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It does not matter whether you are drawing in metre units, centimetre units or millimetre units, plotting is ALWAYS done in mm. That is the way it has been done since I started. You will just have to adapt to it.

When you draw in metre units, then 1 drawing unit = 1000 mm. So your model plotting scale for 1 to 100 should be 1 drawing unit in mm (i.e.1000) = 100 which is 1000 = 100 which simplifies to 1mm = 0.1 unit

For starters, you need to un-check the box that says 'fit to paper', and give it a scale to print at. Scaled to fit paper will never be in scale when it prints.

I draw pipes in the ground, right now the main pipe is 1800 meters long, that's not including the acess lines for the customers along the pipes - I still draw in millimeters - why? I suck at scales

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I work in the railways industry - an if say a platforms 10 metres long or 100 metres long we ALWAYS draw in mm, so there's nothing wrong with putting the extra 0's on, it just takes a bit of patience to remember how manys needed - believe me it's a bit confusing at times

The only problem here is that I want to write "scale" on printout using Fields. And now this field is saying "1:0.1". But I want it to say "1:100"...