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philippe JOSEPH 
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Posted: 24.Aug.2011 at 07:45 |
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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.
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FarooqiSA
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Posted: 24.Aug.2011 at 06:17 |
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philippe Joseph: I have done with the download. It was in CAD blocks. Thanks a lot.
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FarooqiSA
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Posted: 24.Aug.2011 at 05:51 |
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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.
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FarooqiSA
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Posted: 24.Aug.2011 at 05:47 |
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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
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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.
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John Connor
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Posted: 23.Aug.2011 at 12:31 |
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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.
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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." <<AutoCAD 2015>>
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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.
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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 )
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John Connor
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Posted: 19.Aug.2011 at 14:57 |
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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).
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John Connor
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Posted: 19.Aug.2011 at 11:49 |
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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
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