SR1 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 It seems that every time I step away from ACAD for a few months I forget the simplest things... Right now I have an existing drawing (supposed to be scaled correctly) that has dimensions in meters (utility lines with dimension text stated in meters, and when I do a dimension measurement that is in meters too). I'd like to change all of this to feet, so that when I do a simple dimension measurement, that's in feet, and also so when I make a new line for a utility it is automatically annotated in feet (or maybe feet on top of the line and meters on the bottom) I know this is possible, but I've just forgotten how. Please help. BTW, I have just typed "units" but it doesn't seem to change everything globally. Using AutoCAD 2009 LT, btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dipali Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 open a blank drawing. go to tools>options>user preference> & under insertion scale, set source content unit to meter & target drawing unit to feet Alos make 'insunits' value '2'(feet) and than bring in this exisitng drawing there using insert comand. than for the dimension purpose go ot dimension style> selct style & clock 'modify' & than in primery units change the unit format to architectural Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankman Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Scale the drawing up; x's 3.28. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 UNITS doesn't change anything other than in reporting. If you set units to mm your 30 long line will be reported as 30mm, if you change the units to fathoms the line will be reported as 30 fathoms long. You need to scale your drawing if you want your 30mm line to become 1.18" (as Tankman just said) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankman Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Here's a link to a handy little (free) program for converting almost any measurement. http://www.haywardflowcontrol.com/pages/down_cnc.html There are also some *.dwg files also free downloads. The *.dwg files I use frequently; valves, fittings, plumbing "stuff." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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