SUNNY60 Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 (edited) Hi Good Morning, I dont understand how to calulate in AutoCAD the Conversion factor. I need to calculate the complete Building Floor and I try the field command in AutoCAD, But I dont know what I should write to conversion factor. Please can you tell me the conversion factor. Thanks SUNNY60 Edited October 5, 2012 by Tiger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Hi Sunny60, I moved your question to its own thread. Please explain more about what you're after - what are converting from and to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Are you calculating the area of a floor plan? Is the drawing done in metric and you're trying to convert to imperial or vice versa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUNNY60 Posted October 5, 2012 Author Share Posted October 5, 2012 Hi Thanks for your responed, Am working on Building and I need to calculate the area with the Field Command from AutoCAD, so I went to Field, Field Category , Objects type, Additional Format and Conversion Factor. I just want to know which conversion factor do I need to st it if want all to be calculate in Sq M for me. Thank you Sunny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 And what are you converting from? 1000000 square millimeters = 1 square meter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUNNY60 Posted October 5, 2012 Author Share Posted October 5, 2012 The drawing is in metric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 That would make sense based upon your request for square meters. I don't do metric drawings so I don't know what the normal output is. See my last post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUNNY60 Posted October 5, 2012 Author Share Posted October 5, 2012 The Calculation look like That :- 1596398665.50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Typically, if it has not been changed, the output will be in mms, either square or cubic. The default units for a metric (iso) template are mms. If you move the decimal point 6 places to the left you will have converted it from square mms to square meters. Did you draw this in 4D? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUNNY60 Posted October 5, 2012 Author Share Posted October 5, 2012 well Thank you I will use your last post to calculate the area, and once again thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 And here I thought metric was supposed to be easy to work with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainlines Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 And here I thought metric was supposed to be easy to work with. It is. Litres, metres, millimetres...it all makes perfect sense! However, golf should always be measured in yards and I drive in miles. Oh yeah, I also like a quater pounder, no "Royale with cheese" here ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boro Nut Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Assuming everything is drawn full size, a useful cheat is to hatch the area in question and then use the LIST command to determine the area of the hatching. I use this for determining areas of multiple complex shapes. I'm not saying it's quicker, but I'm paid by the hour. So I hope not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Would your method give the OP the information he was looking for (i.e. - square meters)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boro Nut Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 I presume it gives the answer in whatever units you have set. So mine would be in square millimetres, because all my dimensions are entered as millimeters, and I'd have to convert by 10^-6 for square metres. I take it the OP knows his basic floor size, so already knows the area roughly, and how to recognise a stupid answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 I work in imperial units. As a matter of fact I'm working on a layout for a small addition to a process area right now. When I query AutoCAD for the area this is what I get back after making my pick: Area = 28800.00 square in. (200.0000 square ft.), Length = 40'-0" I get both square inches and square feet. Doesn't AutoCAD do the same when one is working in metric units? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUNNY60 Posted October 7, 2012 Author Share Posted October 7, 2012 Hi ReMark, Good Morning, Please kindly explain how to calculate ceilling area. I have calculated the gross internal area of each floor and I need to know how to calculate the ceilling area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 I work in imperial units. As a matter of fact I'm working on a layout for a small addition to a process area right now. When I query AutoCAD for the area this is what I get back after making my pick: Area = 28800.00 square in. (200.0000 square ft.), Length = 40'-0" I get both square inches and square feet. Doesn't AutoCAD do the same when one is working in metric units? Working in Metric on Autocad, this is what the response to the AREA command looks like. No units mentioned, derived from the data base drawing units (-DWGUNITS). In my case those would be square millimeters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Sunny: What kind of building is this? Why won't the area of the ceiling match or come close to the area of the floor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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