Scale drawing from metric to english

[andycrox]

I recieved a drawing that was drawn in metric and I need to scale it and convert it to architectural. Can this be done and how.

Thanks

[andycrox]

Nevermind i figured it out. In case anyone else has this problem i did it by drawing a line that was 25.4mm long then changed my units to architectural and drew a line 1" long. selected all to scale and refeerenced the drawing the legnth of the 1" line and brought it to the length of the metric line. From there you have a drawing thwat is 1 to 1 and go from there.

[Maverick91]

Thanks for posting your solution. To my knowledge there's no way to do what you wanted to do originally without using the SCALE command in some way. I deal with this, too, a lot, so I keep an eye out for suggestions.

[BrenBren]

Nevermind i figured it out. In case anyone else has this problem i did it by drawing a line that was 25.4mm long then changed my units to architectural and drew a line 1" long. selected all to scale and refeerenced the drawing the legnth of the 1" line and brought it to the length of the metric line. From there you have a drawing thwat is 1 to 1 and go from there.

You simply could have typed Scale, selected all, typed R at the command line, and the typed 25.4 for the first distance and 1 for the second distance - no need to draw lines.

[Cadtharsis]

TIP: I find that the ALIGN command allows you to do the same thing as SCALE, and faster.

[sinc]

Thanks for posting your solution. To my knowledge there's no way to do what you wanted to do originally without using the SCALE command in some way. I deal with this, too, a lot, so I keep an eye out for suggestions.

Starting in 2006, this is all relatively automatic if you use INSUNITS properly. Make sure INSUNITS is set correctly in each drawing. If you've been doing all your work with INSUNITS=0 ("Unitless"), you may want to change your habits and start using INSUNITS correctly...

For example, say your source has 1 Drawing Unit = 1 Meter, and you want it in a drawing where 1 DU = 1 Inch. Make sure INSUNITS is set to "Meters" in your source drawing. Then create or open a drawing with INSUNITS = "Inches". INSERT your source drawing as a block. The conversion will happen automatically, although you may have to move/rotate the inserted block to get it into the correct horizontal placement. The easiest way is to make sure you don't explode the block until you know it is placed correctly.

A word of warning: Autodesk screwed up with the units. The "Feet" units are really "International Feet". If you're in a state (like Colorado) that uses US Survey Feet instead of International Feet, the conversion won't be quite right...

Of course, in most situations, the difference between "International Feet" and "US Survey Feet" doesn't matter. But in some cases, the difference does matter, so it's up to the user to pay attention. Autocad does have a "Parsecs" unit, however... Guess there's more Autocad users out there who use Parsecs than there are Autocad users who use US Survey Feet...

[Rico]

TIP: I find that the ALIGN command allows you to do the same thing as SCALE, and faster.

Tip:

You could always memorize these values as I have. When scaling something up to metric, type 25.4

When scaling something down to Architectural, type 0.0393700787402

Easy as PIE.

[BrenBren]

Tip:

You could always memorize these values as I have. When scaling something up to metric, type 25.4

When scaling something down to Architectural, type 0.0393700787402

Easy as PIE.

Yea, me too, I do it so frequently...

[Opie]

I recieved a drawing that was drawn in metric and I need to scale it and convert it to architectural. Can this be done and how.

Thanks

Have you looked at the system variables discussed in this AutoCAD FAQ thread, "Blocks, Images or Xrefs not inserting correctly?"?

[jaberwok]

When scaling something down to Architectural, type 0.0393700787402.

10/254 is easier to remember.