AutoCAD How to Change or Convert Units! - 2 Minute Tuesday

[@Cadintentions]

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[@juangalindorestrepo5410]

You guys who teach this type of things online are heroes. Thanks a lot.

[@blackmajor43]

I followed tons of tutorials, but none of them could help me. This vid is my lifesaver. I can't figure out why adjusting UNITS didn't work, it needs to be changed in 'Dwgunits'. Thanks a lot.

[@Cadintentions]

So glad it helped and sorry you had to watch soo many tutorials to find the answer! It can definitely be a tough one to find info on. Thank you for watching and the comment! Cheers

[@DamienMcGuinnessKiwi]

Thank you so much - had spent hours trying to figure this out.

[@dsmsdy3399]

Thanks for the tutorial bruv, after couple of hours searching to convert my drawing from mm to metres I came across your tutorial and you save my work with it.Thank you! Give 100x

[@Cadintentions]

Awesome! Glad it helped and thanks for watching and commenting! Cheers!

[@hungrybosko]

Amazing, thank you so much for making this very clear.

[@dbcpro87]

I am looking at civil plans. I have AutoCAD 2024. The coordinates are shown in scientific notation x.xxxxxxxxE+07, x.xxxxxxxxE+07 which is limited in accuracy and cuts off many digits. When using the ID command it shows in complete decimal and you can see the complete decimal coordinates (XYZ or Easting, Northing, Elevation). But everywhere else is shows only in scientific location. (!) Any advice on disabling scientific notation? Or must I always use the ID command to view the coordinates accurately?

[@nadiasaawa6770]

Hi Brandon, How can I get the (dwgunits) list on the screen. It got it just on the command bar. THanks

[@GerryJ08]

Hi Brandon. Just so that I'm clear on this. The drawing of the floor plan was in feet and inches. By using the dwgunits command and selecting meters etc. etc. the entire drawing will now display it's dimensions in meters. Also, if I were to import another drawing that was drawn in feet and inches, it too would be automatically scaled to meters? Can or should these settings (dwgunits) be incorporated into your typical sheet setup protocol?Gerry / Coquitlam

[@Cadintentions]

Hi Gerry, Sorry for the slow reply, just catching up now. Yes, that's correct, a line for instance that is measured using the distance command to be 3m long if dwgunits is set to meters, would then measure using the distance command around 9.84 ft if the dwgunits were switched to feet. Effectively scaling your objects so the are the correct size in the specified units of the drawing. This won't however change you styles for text, dims, annotation etc.. since that is controlled by the drawing template, ie. imperial or metric. If you've created your typical sheet/templates for imperial or metric versions, it is defintely a good idea to check that the dwg units are set to match accordingly. In general these units don't come into use a lot when using plain AutoCAD, but do have consequences if set incorrectly. Especially if the drawings are sent out and someone imports them into say civil 3d, revit, or any software where units and real world coordinates matter quite a bit. Things can come in oversized, too small, or in the wrong location completely. Hope that helps and thanks again for watching and for the comment!!

[@gregoryluke1649]

@@Cadintentions Hi Brandon, Thanks for the video. Further to this point, I work in a Civil design team and find errors in drawings sent to us regularly. If you received a drawing or opened someone else's model and saw the model was obviously drawn in meters but units were mistakenly set to millimeters how would you ensure the geographic location of the model (typically a site layout) was now in its correct location after using the -DWGUNITS command and scaling the model objects?

[@sandorguillen7557]

Brandon, good afternoon; if I have blocks edited in Metric system it is possible to use them in Imperial System?, and which factor to apply? If any, at download them? I mean Block units are in Inches (Imperial Units) to be used on Metric System. I will appreciate your professional assistance, Sandor

[@Sanda197513]

Was really helpful.

[@ACSAcchiever]

can I ask you something, how do find the dimensions of a present drawing?

[@ting-ting007]

Hey Brandon, great video! I followed step by step with yours and after -dwgunits conversion I got the E showing up and when I type distance it says 0.00E+00 (read only) - not sure where I went wrong, any ideas? Appreciate any help! Thanks a lot in advance.

[@jdheelfan]

Wow I had no idea I just had to type in units.