Converting Architural Units to Engineering Units - Autodesk …
网页2005年7月22日 · So first thing you. want to do is to confirm this. Then you ask your engineer. what they used for a dimension of 1unit (is it one foot for. example). Then assuming you are also drawing at 1:1, and your setting. is 1unit=1", then it's obvious by how much you need to scale. one of the drawings (1foot=12").
architectural to engineering units - Autodesk Community
网页2000年9月13日 · Anonymous. in reply to: Anonymous. 09-14-2000 10:16 AM. In architectural applications a unit is normally one inch; in civil. and site engineering normally one foot. I assume you need to convert. to site rather than mechanical.
engineering scale to decimals of a foot - Autodesk Community
网页02-11-2004 11:39 PM. "Engineering" units are not feet and decimals of a foot. In AutoCAD, "Engineering" units are feet and decimal inches. For decimal feet you would need to set your units to Decimal, then just draw your stuff in feet rather than inches. As Dean says, it's all just units to AutoCAD> You'd also need to set LTScale and any hatch ...
Drawing Units not Converting from Engineering to Decimal Properly
网页2023年10月10日 · I am bringing in a bridge framing plan that came in Engineering Inches, but I need to convert to Decimal feet units. I noticed that the dimensions of the elements show up in feet and inches in the original drawing units, but when I convert to decimal units, whether it's to feet or inches in the insertion scale, I would get the units in inches.
Architectural vs Engineer's units - Autodesk Community
网页2001年8月18日 · units & never quite understood how Civil Engineers set up paper space. Now, after working on metric engineer's drawings, then thinking about metric architectural units I finally get it. The strange thing is that AutoCAD always assumes paperspace is either inches or millimeters, never feet or meters so engineers have to recalculate everything
Converting Engineering Drawings to Architectural Scale
网页2001年6月14日 · When receiving a drawing in engineering units, I went to format & set the units to architectural and also to architectural units in dimension style. When I go to do dimensions what should be a 3' door measures out at 3".
Decimal Units to Architectural Units - Autodesk Community
网页2018年3月23日 · Civil engineers use Decimal FEET. You will have a 1/12 conversion issue. The best thing to do is XREF their drawings (set in UNITS to FEET) into one of yours (set in UNITS to INCHES) and make sure it is converting the scale properly. Warren Geissler. Drafting Manager Denver Water.
Decimal or engineering units in feet not inches - Autodesk …
网页2021年2月10日 · To add to what @Pointdump , you should also set the pull-down for insertion to UNITLESS.. Also, please note, all the settings for units should be controlled by the Settings Tab, Right-Click the Drawing name, and select Edit Drawing Settings - From there you'll be provided with the Units and angle along with a coordinate system if you so …
Solved: Changing units in drawing - Autodesk Community
网页2020年3月8日 · Changing units in drawing. Hi. I'm trying to change units in a drawing from imperial to metric. The original part was done in metric. My understanding is you should go to Tools>Document Settings>Units. However, when the document settings dialog box comes up there's no units tab. Any help is appreciated.
Drawing units are in inches and they need to be in feet
网页2018年5月7日 · If you want inches included in things like Dimensions, your drawing unit must be an inch. When you write 5' while making a line, it will be 60 drawing units long, but not 60 feet long. If you want to use a foot as the drawing unit, you must use Decimal units [that's what Civil Engineers typically do], not Architectural or Engineering units ...