Toolpalette is changing Block Unit of all my blocks to "Unitless"

[guitarguy1685]

So had posted with toolpalette issues recent but it had to do with Metric to Imperial. Now the issue is beyond that.

 

I just noticed that when insert blocks from the Toolpalette it changes the Block Unit of my blocks to Unitless. Why is this happening? My blocks are either imperial or metric but definitely not unitless. When I insert with the INSERT command the Block Unit remains unchanged.

 

Anyone know what's going on here?

[Dadgad]

Guitarguy, how are you applying the block to your tool palette?

 

If you copy the .dwg (from the drawing list) to the clipboard, then PASTE it onto the palette,

it will subsequently behave properly.

If you insert it, you can see in the dialog box, before selecting the insertion point that it is units mms, which will be maintained after insertion.

Click on the PROPERTIES (in the right click menu) for the icon on the tool palette, and look at the screenshot.

If you change INSERT AS to XREF, from block, the units will be properly maintained,

if as a block it will come in unitless, and I don't really know why that happens, but it does.

 

If you keep trying to do this in the same drawing, expecting a different result, make sure you purge between attempts.

If it has been XREFed in then the xref would need to be detached before redoing as an experiment.

 

Don't forget to check the -dwgunits of any drawing into which you are trying to insert it, if the results seem unexpected..

Edited June 6, 2015 by Dadgad

[guitarguy1685]

I appreciate your effots Dagdad. I'll try some of your suggestions.

 

Also in my experiments I found something else that is strange.

If I have a drawing and several Blocks in it I can drag one of those blocks to the Toolpalette and insert it via Toolpalette and the Block Unit will not change. However if the Block is its own drawing and I drag from Explorer to the Toolpalette then I will have the problem with the Block Unit.

[muurr]

"-dwgunits" solves my problem with drawing units with insert block (inches/cm problem)!

Thank you!

Also I used method to edit blocks suggested here for the blocks itself.

http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?30721-Changing-block-units&p=198326&viewfull=1#post198326

Note 1: remove thick-mark on Base point Specify On-Screen if you want your blocks to remain where they are

Note 2: on end of questions in "-dwgunits" command choose No if you don't want to scale the drawing contents, if your purpose is just to change units, otherwise... undo and again (like me)

Edited June 8, 2015 by muurr

[Jman]

INSUNITS (System Variable)

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Specifies a drawing-units value for automatic scaling of blocks, images, or xrefs when inserted or attached to a drawing.

Type: Integer

Saved in: Drawing

Initial value: 1 (imperial) or 4 (metric)

Note: The INSUNITS setting is ignored when inserting annotative blocks into a drawing.

0 Unspecified (No units)

1 Inches

2 Feet

3 Miles

4 Millimeters

5 Centimeters

6 Meters

7 Kilometers

8 Microinches

9 Mils

10 Yards

11 Angstroms

12 Nanometers

13 Microns

14 Decimeters

15 Dekameters

16 Hectometers

17 Gigameters

18 Astronomical Units

19 Light Years

20 Parsecs