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#Autocad change to architectural units how to#

Unfortunately, translations aren't as easy as they sound. Why Isn't Translation Just "Push a Button" and Everything Is Wonderful?

Things like degree symbols, "plus/minus" symbols, diameter symbols and fractions don't display correctly after translations.

Also, closed shapes in MicroStation don't always come across as expected in AutoCAD. Sometimes tags will get converted to text - or AutoCAD blocks will translate as shared cells when your standard requires normal cells in MicroStation.

Some elements are translated incorrectly.

There are reference file problems which can include the wrong files referenced, the wrong scale used, wrong attachment level display or level symbology assignments as well as incorrect clipping or masking of reference data.

Things like element color, line weight, line style, line style scale, level names or fonts have incorrect or inappropriate symbology.

I've listed some of these common problems below. There are also other problems that can occur, which take a bit more work to correct.

#Autocad change to architectural units how to#

I'll go over what to do and how to prevent these in this article. If you know what to do, the above problems aren't that difficult to prevent.

Have elements that are not at the right coordinate locations.

Have the wrong dimension (3D when it should be 2D or vice versa).

Don't meet the required CAD standard because the resolution isn't right.

Some of the common problems that people run into are that the translated files: How do you fix or prevent the messes that occur when translating CAD files from AutoCAD to MicroStation? First, I'm going to identify some of the major problems that occur and then go over some solutions to prevent or fix them.ĭo your translations between MicroStation and AutoCAD have problems like incorrect working units, wrong resolution or elements in the wrong coordinate locations? The list of problems that come from translations is so long it almost defies belief. Try to measure the same distance, and see what you get.Tips for translating files between MicroStation and AutoCAD You can also use external reference (XREF) to do this. Now because you are inserting the file as block, you may want to explode it. To make sure the drawing is still using it’s origin, use 0,0,0 as the block insertion point. The conversion factor is now set to 25.4. After you click open and back to this dialog, you should see the block unit (2) now is showing inches. First time you activate the dialog, the block unit should show unitless. Check if the insertion scale in drawing units is set to mm.Īctivate insert block. Use one of the metric template available.

We can see that the unit is already defined correctly. You can access it from AutoCAD menu> drawing utilities> units. Well, most of AutoCAD samples are in imperial :( I try to measure the drawing and get the result in imperial. This method allows you not only convert it, but also work with different drawing unit. Or you may receive block libraries that use imperial from the manufacturer, but you work with metric. The MEP guys need to use imperial because the MEP standard parts are not available in metric. This method also allows you to work with multiple drawings that use different units.įor example, you use metric for architectural design. We can insert the drawing to another AutoCAD drawing, and let AutoCAD to convert the unit automatically. Insert the Drawing File as Block or Reference To change units, simply type UNITS then change the insertion unit. If you scale your drawing to cm, change units to cm. Remember to change units after you scale your drawing. We can convert from inch to mm by scaling all objects by 25.4.

To keep the drawing origin, we can use 0,0 as base point. We know if we receive a drawing in mm, we can convert it to m by selecting all object, scale it by 0.001 (or 1/1000). The easiest way is by scaling all objects in our AutoCAD drawing. So how can we convert AutoCAD drawing units? Scale All Objects in the Drawing

Some other applications allows you to just change the units in option dialog, and the drawing will be adjusted automatically. Read on if you want to know other options you have.ĪutoCAD doesn’t treat the measurement as real measurement. The 2nd option is the easiest way to do it, as you can see in video below: (for AutoCAD 2009 or later, more comfortable for experienced users). Create a new drawing with your preferred unit, then insert/bind your drawing there.Insert the Drawing File as Block or Referenceĭo you ever received a drawing that use metric, but you are not familiar with that measurement unit? Or the other way around? You want to convert the drawing to your unit.