CAD Forum discussion (EN) : Units https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/ Sat, 30 May 2026 20:31:51 +0000 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:45:32 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=6434 <![CDATA[CAD Forum discussion (EN)]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/ <![CDATA[Units : No problems FarooqiSA, I supose...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=6434&PID=16760&title=units#16760 Author: philippe JOSEPH
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Posted: 24.Aug.2011 at 07:45

No problems FarooqiSA, I supose that we all come to that site to learn ( me first ) and if we can help each other it's sust a "plus" that will please us.]]> Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:45:32 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=6434&PID=16760&title=units#16760 <![CDATA[Units : philippe Joseph: I have done with...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=6434&PID=16759&title=units#16759 Author: FarooqiSA
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Posted: 24.Aug.2011 at 06:17

philippe Joseph: I have done with the download. It was in CAD blocks. Thanks a lot.]]> Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:17:23 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=6434&PID=16759&title=units#16759 <![CDATA[Units : philippe Joseph: Thanks for your...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=6434&PID=16757&title=units#16757 Author: FarooqiSA
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Posted: 24.Aug.2011 at 05:51

philippe Joseph: Thanks for your upload but can you please tell me from where I can download that drawing. Sorry to bother you, I am new to the forum and don't exactly know how to do it.]]> Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:51:05 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=6434&PID=16757&title=units#16757 <![CDATA[Units : John Connor: I realized that only...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=6434&PID=16756&title=units#16756 Author: FarooqiSA
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Posted: 24.Aug.2011 at 05:47

John Connor: I realized that only after getting feedback from you and the other guy. And I apologise for being putting irrelavant post here. But at least I learned something from that. Thanks]]> Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:47:45 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=6434&PID=16756&title=units#16756 <![CDATA[Units : Hello FarooqiSA, I apologise for...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=6434&PID=16746&title=units#16746 Author: philippe JOSEPH
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Posted: 23.Aug.2011 at 12:57

Hello FarooqiSA, I apologise for the "quit shocked" even if I'd put a little bit of humour inside ( quit instead of quite ).
I have uploaded a new DWG file ( FEET-METERS.dwg ) showing different kind of settings of file + setting of dimensions.
See the drawing with dimensions in feet + alternative dimensions in meters + coordonates in absolut position towards the 0,0.
See inside the white circle dimensions in architectural + alternative dimensions in meters.
]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:57:54 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=6434&PID=16746&title=units#16746 <![CDATA[Units : FarooqiSA: Then your conversion...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=6434&PID=16745&title=units#16745 Author: John Connor
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Posted: 23.Aug.2011 at 12:31

FarooqiSA: Then your conversion was between different types of imperial units which would be correct.  However, the person who started this thread is going between two DIFFERENT types of units: imperial and metric so you're conversion would be incorrect.]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:31:38 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=6434&PID=16745&title=units#16745 <![CDATA[Units : Hey don&#039;t get shocked. Your...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=6434&PID=16744&title=units#16744 Author: FarooqiSA
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Posted: 23.Aug.2011 at 11:48

Hey don't get shocked. Your conversion above is absolutely correct. I didn't mean to say that. May be whatever I had written was wrong but I remember I have worked out like that but only to put architectural building built in feet dimension on topographic survey plan.
]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:48:28 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=6434&PID=16744&title=units#16744 <![CDATA[Units : I&#039;m quit shocked to read...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=6434&PID=16710&title=units#16710 Author: philippe JOSEPH
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Posted: 19.Aug.2011 at 16:10

I'm quit shocked to read that the scale factor between meters and foot/inches is 12.
In fact 12 is the scale factor between inches and foot and nothing else ( 1 foot = 12 inches )
]]> Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:10:52 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=6434&PID=16710&title=units#16710 <![CDATA[Units : 1/12th of a foot is 0.0833 inches...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=6434&PID=16709&title=units#16709 Author: John Connor
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Posted: 19.Aug.2011 at 14:57

1/12th of a foot is 0.0833 inches which is not a metric dimension.  Surveyors in the U.S. commonly use decimal feet/inches when taping distances and showing them on a property map.  Example: 125.67' (that would be 125 feet 8 inches).
]]> Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:57:54 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=6434&PID=16709&title=units#16709 <![CDATA[Units : Are you sure of those scale...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=6434&PID=16703&title=units#16703 Author: John Connor
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Posted: 19.Aug.2011 at 11:49

Are you sure of those scale factors?  They don't look right to me.

These common conversion factors should be used when converting from imperial to metric and vice-versa.

1 inch is 25.4 mm
1 mm is 0.0393700787 inches


Edited by John Connor - 19.Aug.2011 at 14:30]]> Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:49:09 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=6434&PID=16703&title=units#16703