3DAWGPUPZ Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Will AutoCAD convert standard to metric with the push of a button? Do you have to convert them manually? If the answer is yes which versions will? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdbdesign Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Never see factory install button like that. Yes - with help of lisp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSasu Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 By standard you mean imperial measurement? I think you should provide more infomation on your intent: Is that drawing just a sketch? It also contains dimensions? It have a sheet and a title block? This is because the answer will depend of that. Regards, Mircea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 The dimensions can be both by using alternate units in the dimension style. Either a scale factor of 25.4 or .0.03937 depending on which is primary and which is alternate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogbadbob658 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 If you want to change a drawing from metric to imperial (or via versa) then you change the units and when it asks you rescale the model. It's a push of a button but about 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 I do hope that in the future you start any new drawing with the proper template (metric or imperial). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperCAD Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Not trying to take this off on a tangent, but this is one of the things that I love about SolidWorks. I can switch between metric and imperial at will without having to convert anything. I've always wondered why it was so difficult to do with AutoCAD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Not trying to take this off on a tangent, but this is one of the things that I love about SolidWorks. I can switch between metric and imperial at will without having to convert anything. I've always wondered why it was so difficult to do with AutoCAD. Autodesk has a modern 3D CAD program called Autodesk Inventor that does this exactly like SolidWorks. They charge a bit more for this functionality. http://store.autodesk.com/store/adskus/html/pbPage.allProductsLanding Dassualt has another CAD program called Catia. It does a bit more than SolidWorks. They charge a bit more for this additional functionality. http://www.3ds.com/products/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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