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AutoCAD as a physical unit converter.

You can use AutoCAD as a converter of measurement units. Just perform the conversion with the command (LISP function) cvunit.

Examples:

(cvunit 1 "minute" "second") ... 60
(cvunit 1 "are" "hectare") ... 0.01
(cvunit 1 "fathom" "meter") ... 1.8288
(cvunit 1 "foot" "meter") ... 0.3048

Of yourse you can use a real converted value instead of "1". This value (specified in the first unit) will be converted to the second unit.

The measurement units are defined in the file ACAD.UNT in the Support folders.

See also the online interactive unit converter here in the online tools section, and the free ConvertUnits add-on palette.

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30.7.2007 21067×

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See also:
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