Monday, February 21, 2011
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Though common drawing or engineering unit used now in many countries is system international, there are also other firms especially in the US that use the Imperial/English system.
Tools, Programs To Set/Convert From
One Unit (say mm)
to Other Unit (say inches)
in Autocad:
Thus, we ocassionally need to draw in autocad using inches. If you have a drawing in mm unit, you must to convert it to inches. Here's what you should do.
1.Type in the command 'D' and press Enter.
2. The Dimension Style Manager should appear. Now, set the Unit Format to Architectural. Pess OK, set Current and Close.
3. Type in 'UN' (drawing units) , press enter. Set the Length Type to Architecural and set the Insertion Scale to inches.
That's it! You're done.
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