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   Hi everyone I'm sure you have all been through this: 
I'm used to drawing in m, I have a new project and drawings (to use as Xref) come in cm. I know how to scale a drawing to what I want, so I can start designing in cm.  Problem comes with the dimensions, when I incorporate the dims i usually use they don't work (they are set to m) 
Is there a way to change the dimensions to what I need? I've tried to change the scale factor 100 but it doesn't do anything. 
Any help would be much appreciated I don't want to have to draw all the dimensions from scratch.
I'm posting two images first is my drawing in M second in cm

drawing in cm:

drawing in m:

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eldiego Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30.Sep.2015 Location: France Using: autocad2014 Status: Offline Points: 3	Topic: dimensions from m to cm Posted: 30.Sep.2015 at 20:14
	Hi everyone I'm sure you have all been through this: I'm used to drawing in m, I have a new project and drawings (to use as Xref) come in cm. I know how to scale a drawing to what I want, so I can start designing in cm. Problem comes with the dimensions, when I incorporate the dims i usually use they don't work (they are set to m) Is there a way to change the dimensions to what I need? I've tried to change the scale factor 100 but it doesn't do anything. Any help would be much appreciated I don't want to have to draw all the dimensions from scratch. I'm posting two images first is my drawing in M second in cm drawing in cm: drawing in m:

John Connor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175	Posted: 30.Sep.2015 at 20:21
	You're doing all of this in model space aren't you? ~~Are the dimensions annotative?~~ Edited by John Connor - 01.Oct.2015 at 11:32
	"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>>

eldiego Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30.Sep.2015 Location: France Using: autocad2014 Status: Offline Points: 3	Posted: 01.Oct.2015 at 09:41
	yes, model space. what do you mean by dimensions being annotative?

John Connor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175	Posted: 01.Oct.2015 at 12:13
	Forget about annotative. So you created a new dimstyle, clicked on the Modify button, then clicked on the Primary Units tab and where it says Measurement Scale > Scale Factor you set this to 100. Is that correct? If you did then a dimension of 1 unit would now read 100 units wouldn't it? But you say it did not work. That would only happen if you did NOT set the new dimstyle as Current.
	"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>>

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