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Dimensioning Units

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Topic: Dimensioning Units
Posted By: no1srcvl
Subject: Dimensioning Units
Date Posted: 17.Mar.2010 at 23:37
I'm fairly new to AutoCad and need some help. I've been working on a drawing with decimal "Feet" as the drawing units such as 75.00. After starting a new session, distances entered in "Feet" are resulting in measurements in "inches". I have the drawing units set to "Feet", but line lengths and offset distances result in "Inches", not "Feet". Suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
mhaley


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Posted By: CarlB
Date Posted: 17.Mar.2010 at 23:48
I don't believe you can set drawing units to feet, you can set "insertion scale" to feet. Sounds like your linear units type is set to Architectural or Engineering, you want to set it to "decimal".

Posted By: no1srcvl
Date Posted: 18.Mar.2010 at 00:05
Thank you for your reply. In the Drawing Units Box, I have the length type set to "Decimal" and the insertion scale set to "Feet". Do you have another suggestion?

Posted By: CarlB
Date Posted: 18.Mar.2010 at 00:31

Hmmm, if you are using plain AutoCAD, no add-on, units set to decimal, drawing units should not be reporting in inches.

But, how do you determine what the units are - are you using "list" "distance", or perhaps dimensioning as indicated by the topic? There's other settings that control the output/format of a dimension.

Posted By: no1srcvl
Date Posted: 18.Mar.2010 at 02:12
Using the line command, if I draw line with a length of 240.00, the resulting line on the monitor is visibly not 240.00 Feet and then using the linear dimension tool to check the length, the result is 20.00 feet. The initial entry of 240.00 is being taken as 240.00 inches (20.00 Feet). All was well in previous drawing sessions, I don't know what happened? I'll keep working at it. If you have further suggestions they would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Posted By: CarlB
Date Posted: 19.Mar.2010 at 18:59
Your last response didn't clear up my previous question..
is using the "linear dimension tool" the placement of a dimension? if so, as mentioned, dimension settings could be affecting the result.
Using either "list" or "properties" on the line, or the "distance" command between endpoints will tell you what the line length really is.


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