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HOW TO CONVERT DIMENSION MM INTO INCHES
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prityjaiswal23 
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Joined: 18.Feb.2011 Location: India Using: Autocad Status: Offline Points: 8 |
 Topic: HOW TO CONVERT DIMENSION MM INTO INCHESPosted: 18.Feb.2011 at 20:36 |
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hi, i am new user of this community, i find this community amazing .Is there any easy way to convert mm dwg into inches as i working in company and i use to get,autocad file in mm from architect. thanx n pls do reply to my prlm.
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HAWDesigner
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Joined: 04.Aug.2008 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD R14, AutoCAD 2009, AutoCAD 2010 Status: Offline Points: 310 |
Posted: 18.Feb.2011 at 21:01 |
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1" = 25.4mm
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prityjaiswal23
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Posted: 18.Feb.2011 at 21:08 |
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that i know i am not talking bot it, i mean how i convert my cad file whose dimension are in mm into inches so that i can get all the dimension of dwg in inches.
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HAWDesigner
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Posted: 18.Feb.2011 at 21:29 |
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HAWDesigner
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Posted: 18.Feb.2011 at 21:30 |
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Note: That won't change the size of your drawing. You'll have to
SCALE everything in the drawing up by 25.4.
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CarlB
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Posted: 18.Feb.2011 at 22:44 |
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I would say scale the drawing DOWN by 25.4. For example a part that is 25.4 units long would be 1 unit long after scaling.
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John Connor
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Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175 |
Posted: 19.Feb.2011 at 00:46 |
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The scale factor you need to use is 10/254 or 0.0393700787401.
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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance."
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prityjaiswal23
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Joined: 18.Feb.2011 Location: India Using: Autocad Status: Offline Points: 8 |
Posted: 19.Feb.2011 at 09:35 |
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I hve try to convert dimension by changing unit it doesn't work.Thanx everyone for ur suggestions. By scale factor 10/254 dwg size also change and after changing format i get all the dimension in inches. john can u tell me wat we are doing actually by putting 10/254 for conversion,this is just am asking to clear my concept. THANKS.
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John Connor
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Posted: 19.Feb.2011 at 12:32 |
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I found the conversion factor online by doing a search, in Google, for converting from mm to inches. If you do the same you'll learn the reasoning behind it.
I recently helped someone in a Canadian architectural firm convert a building drawing they got from a client in Germany. That's where I first came upon it. I did not write it down though so I had to search all over again. So you got your problem solved right? |
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prityjaiswal23
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Joined: 18.Feb.2011 Location: India Using: Autocad Status: Offline Points: 8 |
Posted: 19.Feb.2011 at 13:56 |
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ya my prblm is almost solved, the only thing is there i find slight diff in measurement like 1" or 2 " difference, the measurement are not accurrate. Thanks once again, i will search from google for reasoning behind this.
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