Units in autodesk software, help wanted
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Units in autodesk software, help wanted
Hi,
This problem keeps popping up.
- all units in Pointcab are in meters. I export to dwg
- in autocad, civil3d my templates are in meters
Whenever i open a dwg made with other software it sets the units in feet instead of meters. In plain autocad and civil3d.
This annoys me but i cannot seem to find a solution for this.
Can anyone help me out. I never use feet, all metric here.
Cheers
This problem keeps popping up.
- all units in Pointcab are in meters. I export to dwg
- in autocad, civil3d my templates are in meters
Whenever i open a dwg made with other software it sets the units in feet instead of meters. In plain autocad and civil3d.
This annoys me but i cannot seem to find a solution for this.
Can anyone help me out. I never use feet, all metric here.
Cheers
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Re: Units in autodesk software, help wanted
Regarding these other drawings you're opening, where are they coming from? Other people?
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Re: Units in autodesk software, help wanted
Generated from software i have like pointcab, luposcan but also from other clients....
This problem has always occurred. Never tought of it but it gets annoying.
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Re: Units in autodesk software, help wanted
When l receive drawings from pretty all surveyors, such drawings shall, upon inspection be 'unitless', where l immediately change such files units to metres.
It is annoying, however, l don't recall an overarching command to resolve third-party units, other than via a Lisp routine.
It is annoying, however, l don't recall an overarching command to resolve third-party units, other than via a Lisp routine.
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Re: Units in autodesk software, help wanted
To be precise it is -DWGUNITS (with a final S) (AutoCAD 2022)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/v6ehmwmoeo1a0 ... L.png?dl=0
Hope it can help, we have the same problems in all projects.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/v6ehmwmoeo1a0 ... L.png?dl=0
Hope it can help, we have the same problems in all projects.
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Re: Units in autodesk software, help wanted
I always use INSUNITS command in both drawings to be combined and Xref one into the other.
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Re: Units in autodesk software, help wanted
Hail Mary, thanks. I never knew this command. This is gonna save me a ton of time in the future. I do almost al with xrefs and inserts.
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Re: Units in autodesk software, help wanted
In Tools > Options > User settings, there are options for setting the insert units of DWG. Maybe that could be what you're looking for ?