rhbelter Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Ahoy, Autocad, Not 'new', just not very 'accomplished'. I have a .dwg with blocks which are OK on the existing drawing, but a re-insertion has them becoming immense. Pop-up shows: units: unitless conversion: 6336.0000 followed by a litany of 'specify ... I have tried and have reset 'insunits' to 1. The upper menu: insert: Blocks: show Block unit Unit: 'inches' Factor: 1.000 A block which is immense on insertion, but OK on the existing .dwg, if exploded, re-named and created as a new block re-inserts OK. What now??? Thanks /s/ Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhbelter Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 Ahoy, Autocad, Minor correction: the number above is: 63360.000 (which IS even more immense). Same problem on other drawings on Autocad 2016 Enjoy /s/ Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Attach a copy of the drawing to your next post. Someone here will take a look at it and get back to you. We need a .DWG file not an image file. Got it? Good. Go. By the way, who did the original drawing and what is the source of the blocks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhbelter Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 Ahoy, Autocad, I hope this is done OK. I created this original file, and (I'm pretty sure) all of the blocks. Thanks /s/ Bob PP-11-- 8-16.dwg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Give us the name of one of the blocks you're having problems with. California? Any chance you are using metric units? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhbelter Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 Ahoy, Remark, Blocks with problems: All of them. Any insert is 'immense' probably that 63360:1 times. Happens on any file that I open. Not using metric. Thanks /s/ Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 I inserted one of the blocks that came with the drawing and it seemed fine. We are talking about any block who's name appears in the drop-down list when the INSERT command is invoked are we not? Was the drawing done "to scale" as one might do manually on a drafting board? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhbelter Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 Ahoy, Remark, Yes, any file on the drop-down list displays the same characteristic -- immense. .dwg is not scaled - drawn 1:1 decimal inches 0.000". Must be a 'glitch' in my computer program. I have done a re-install, with no change. I have 2011 Autocad mechanical, which works OK. Thanks /s/ Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 It doesn't appear to have been scaled in model space. When I insert the pilot into an Autocad Imperial inches template, he comes in pretty close to 6 feet tall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhbelter Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 Ahoy, Dadgad, Please see my comments to ReMark. Strange behavior, and I'm not clever enough to fix it. Thanks /s/ Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 What are your INSUNITSDEFTARGET? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhbelter Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 Ahoy, Dadgad, It was, and is set to 1. Thanks /s/ Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 A reinstall was an over-reaction. I would have started with a REPAIR of the installation. The two are not the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhbelter Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 Ahoy, ReMark, Sorry, I failed to mention that I did a 'repair' first, with no effect. Thanks /s/ Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 I just inserted your pilot block into a new Imperial drawing with no template, and he came in at a lean, mean 87kb. By the way having read your bio, I am having a hard time believing that you are not clever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 (edited) And lest we forget, rhbelter, welcome to CADTutor! Edited August 9, 2016 by Dadgad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhbelter Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 Ahoy, Dadgad, That 'pilot' is one of the first things which I did on Autocad. Source was some thick book on ergonomics, to be scaled and cut out of plywood. This works better. Enjoy /s/ Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Then it is no small wonder, that he appears to be so anatomically correct, proportionately. I suspect that the intense enjoyment of flight, which you captured so well in his profile, mimics your own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhbelter Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 Ahoy, Autocad folk, A very handy file. You can explode it, scale it, and 'maneuver' it. People do vary, as known by anyone who has been to a 'Bikini Beach', but this ain't such. Enjoy /s/ Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Thanks for that, you silver tongued devil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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