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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 (given in the first unit) will be converted to the second unit.

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

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30.7.2007 11130x

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applies to: AutoCAD ·

See also:
Tip 4280:	Using expressions in AutoCAD dialog boxes.
Tip 2709:	How many seconds has one year (in AutoCAD)?

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