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jmontesmx 
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 Topic: HOW TO CONVERT DIMENSION MM INTO INCHES
Posted: 25.Feb.2011 at 03:26 |
Modify the dimension style with Alternate units option of your dwg to have both measurements mm and inches.
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prityjaiswal23
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Posted: 23.Feb.2011 at 18:46 |
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Thanks both of you for solving my problem and John pls do not wear your reading glass as you missed it,i get know more information from you and Rob.we benefited by that debate.LOL
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HAWDesigner
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Posted: 22.Feb.2011 at 16:21 |
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John Connor
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Posted: 22.Feb.2011 at 16:14 |
 prityjaiswal23 wrote:
ok now i get it, i was not aware of this, that we cannot enter both together.My concept is clear now and i understand wat you mean last time. thanks. |
This is where I did not put on my reading glasses and why I went off on the tangent. Next time I'll wear my glasses.
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HAWDesigner
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Posted: 22.Feb.2011 at 14:33 |
John, I think you missed something...like maybe the question " 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." When you didn't answer that question, I did. And then you started going off on a tangent about dual dimensions that didn't even have anything to do with the OPs original question. Moral of the story: If you're going to jump off the Merry-go-round early, don't go and spin it faster to tick the other kids off. 
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John Connor
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Posted: 22.Feb.2011 at 12:16 |
That's why I suggested 10/254.
Time to get off the merry-go-round. Bye.
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HAWDesigner
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Posted: 20.Feb.2011 at 17:38 |
John, I'm aware that you can have dual dimensions in one drawing. I use that all the time. What I said was that you cannot enter both fraction and decimal ("1/25.4") into the commandline at the same time. Try it.
Command: sc
SCALE 1 found
Specify base point:
Specify scale factor or [Copy/Reference] <0'-1">: 1/25.4
Requires numeric distance, second point, or option keyword.
Specify scale factor or [Copy/Reference] <0'-1">:
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Edited by HAWDesigner - 20.Feb.2011 at 17:39
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John Connor
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Posted: 20.Feb.2011 at 12:49 |
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Yes, you can have dual dimensions in one drawing. In your dimension style you can select ALTERNATE units and AutoCAD will display both metric and imperial (one above the other).
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prityjaiswal23
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Posted: 20.Feb.2011 at 09:44 |
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ok now i get it, i was not aware of this, that we cannot enter both together.My concept is clear now and i understand wat you mean last time. thanks.
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HAWDesigner
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Posted: 19.Feb.2011 at 14:49 |
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prityjaiswal, remember earlier when I said you needed to scale the DWG (down) by 25.4?
What that means is that you need to scale the DWG by 1/25.4. However, AutoCAD does not allow the entry of a Fraction and a Decimal. You have to enter either one or the other, but you cannot enter both. As a workaround, you can multiply by a factor of 10 to eradicate the decimal, thus having 10/254.
So 1/25.4 = 10/254 = 100/2540, etc.
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