Im new to the forum so sorry in advance if this is the wrong place to ask this.
I have the following problem - I work in model space where 1unit equals 1mm
My section is placed so the World Y coordinate of a point equals its "real" height. so if I ID a floor and see 123500 my floor is on 123.5m height.

What I was after is a height node that has a height text and updates itslef when i move it:
What I did - used MT to write a text, drew a line, selected "insert field" then> field names: object then> selected the line selected property:start and selected Y property.


Everything works perfect but instead of having my 123.5m Ive got 123500 and I can not use additional format>conversion factor to multiply the proerty:start by 0.01.

There are diff. things I can do lie draw a dot manually:) but I would really appreciate your help how to do it properly - it would really make my life easier

I can change Format: to current units but it will not resolve it - I drawi in mm and need a output in meters.

I do not want to rescale the whole dwg to meters - then I would have to put mulitplier on every other dim that I still want in mm, and how can I work with dimstyle as its not a dim but Text Field.

If you (multi) select the DIMs you want to see in metres, you can then change the following and this will give you what you want.

I would also suggest putting the different DIMs on separate layers, it might help to locate / isolate them..

Of course you shouldn't really be mixing units on a drawing, but if that's what you want...

(in ACAD 2005)

Right click and select Properties

Primary Units

Dim suffix metres or m
Dim roundoff 0.00
Dim scale linear 0.001
Precision 0.00

Of course you can tailor the above to what you want..  Just in case it doesn't quite present the information in the right way.



Edited by rossassociates - 02.Mar.2009 at 18:27