feet to metric
feet to metric
(OP)
A sub-contractor of ours is creating AutoCAD 14 drawings for us in feet and inches, only problem is that we want them in metric.
How do I change the units so that "64" goes from being 64ft to 64mm - similar to the way that I can change the units in Pro/Engineer from 64 feet to 64mm.
How do I change the units so that "64" goes from being 64ft to 64mm - similar to the way that I can change the units in Pro/Engineer from 64 feet to 64mm.





RE: feet to metric
in feet, you want to use alternate dimensions
available in the dialogue box of the dimension
section to get the conversion to mm units or
metric units. You have to supply the conversion
scale factor in the dialogue box for the dimensions
that you want to convert. Also you may show the
alternate dimensions only if that is your wish.
RE: feet to metric
RE: feet to metric
I often have to insert German made Metric actuator dxf drawings into feet and inches industrial brake drawings.
You need to do the opposite. Open your metric drawing and save as "test" in case something screws up. Open version 14 a second time and load the feet and inches drawing. Copy the entire drawing to the clipboard. Flick over to the metric drawing. Insert the feet and inches geometry, scale it down by the conversion factor between inches to mm (1/25.4). Use match properties to convert the feet and inches dimstyles to the original metric ones from your drawing. There are probably slicker ways to do it, but thats how I would handle it.
Regards Adrian
RE: feet to metric
Do as diamondjim says use the alterntate units option in the dimensions style dialog.
The advantage of this is that you are not modifying the original drawings scaling, you are only adding alternative dimensions in the format required.
sc
RE: feet to metric
I have a project where I have to add metric units to drawings that already contain US. But, in most cases, the measurements were placed as text, not as a calculated dimension.
Is there an alternative to hand adding the metric measurements, such as a routine?
Thanks in advance.