Change of units
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Topic: Change of units
Posted By: naksha_2011
Subject: Change of units
Date Posted: 24.Feb.2013 at 06:46
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Hello All Normally I draw in FPS system, but the same drawing when importing into another software I need this to be in meters,So how to do this Regards |
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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 24.Feb.2013 at 13:09
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Use the -DWGUNITS command to change the units you want to draw in. ------------- "Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>> |
Posted By: naksha_2011
Date Posted: 04.Mar.2013 at 09:27
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Hello Sir Thanks, yes but For example If I draw in FPS system, and I would like to save it as in MKS Units regards |
Posted By: Vladimir Michl
Date Posted: 04.Mar.2013 at 09:34
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You can scale your drawing 25.4x up or down. But generally, AutoCAD uses unitless geometry (a box measures e.g. 10 units - not necessarily mm or inches) - you need physical/real units only for dimensioning a plot scaling (paperspace). ------------- Vladimir Michl (moderator) ARKANCE - https://arkance.world" rel="nofollow - https://arkance.world - Autodesk Platinum Partner |
Posted By: philippe JOSEPH
Date Posted: 04.Mar.2013 at 10:33
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Hello naksha_2011, in different AutoCAD files you should not have any problems provide you set each file with the good unit ( command UNITS you set in inches, mm , m, foot etc... ) without you having to scale your entire file ( or do this from the origin 0,0 in 2D or 0,0,0 in 3D ).
If you do this you can insert different files in different units and all is OK.
Check your AutoCAD release to see if it includes this "insertion scale" option with the command UNITS.
You said that you have the problem when inserting it in an other software, then it may be in the convertion towards this other software or you have this only with your new MKS files ?
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Posted By: philippe JOSEPH
Date Posted: 04.Mar.2013 at 13:18
Hello N° 2, see the printscreen ( in french, sorry ) if it helps.
Warning : when you set the units in that panel, you won't change the units of the dimensions that you will draw with the commands : DIMLINEAR, DIMANGULAR, DIMRADIUS, etc...
This you will have to setup in the panel DDIM ( dimension style manager ) and there you will be able to set in inches, mm, m, etc... all the dimensions that you have done in also other units.
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Posted By: naksha_2011
Date Posted: 07.Mar.2013 at 18:15
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Thanks,let me try and see how its works Thanks again for your valuable tips regards |
Posted By: musthaqcad
Date Posted: 12.Mar.2013 at 04:41
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@ philippe JOSEPH Hello sir , How to identify the layer of block object without block edit ? ------------- ziyet\\\\\,,,,,,,,,, |
Posted By: philippe JOSEPH
Date Posted: 12.Mar.2013 at 07:40
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Hello musthaqcad, if I understand your need :
You can do a LIST on your block to see on which layer it was inserted.
( If you had declared BY BLOCK the lines, arcs etc... of that block, than the block will have the color, line type of the layer in which it has been inserted )
You can do an NCOPY to copy one or different objects ( lines, arcs, etc... ) included in a block without having to copy+explode that block.
Please let us know if this helped and if I had correctly understood your question.
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