Drawing units are in inches and they need to be in feet
May 7, 2018 · Hi @Anonymous, The units are indeed feet. But switching your units to architectural will not reflect this as a unit is a unit in AutoCAD. You have a couple of options. …
Decimal or engineering units in feet not inches
Feb 10, 2021 · Hi y'all, I have been working with Civil 3D in decimal and engineering units. When I type in 500 not 500'. My input is in inches, not in feet. I only deal with ft and I don't want to put ' …
converting scale from engineer to architectual
Feb 5, 2020 · I have a recently prepared property survey that I want to scale to to 1/4" to prepare for construction drawings. I need to convert the original survey drawing from engineering to …
Drawing Units not Converting from Engineering to Decimal Properly
Oct 10, 2023 · Hi, 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 …
Solved: Unit Format - Autodesk Community
Nov 17, 2020 · In my drawing, Under Linear Dimensions, my unit format is Decimal and that is giving me the correct length of line in my drawing. I want my dimensions to have a unit format …
Engineering Scale in Paper space
Jan 14, 2015 · Changing units to decimals just gives me dimensions of 10.0 without any units doesn't it? What I am trying to achieve is how everything works with architectural scaling (i.e. …
Issue with Scale Change When Converting Units from Decimal to ...
Aug 29, 2024 · I have a Civil 3D survey file in DWG format with units and annotations in decimal. When I open it in AutoCAD and change the units to architectural (both the drawing units and …
Solved: How to Change Drawing Scale - Autodesk Community
Sep 15, 2024 · How do I change from Drawing Scale 1 to Drawing Scale 2? I'm working in imperial units. I've tried the UNITS command.
Re: Architectural vs Engineering Units - Autodesk Community
Feb 23, 2004 · "maverick" wrote ... > How can I keep them in Architectural units? Do not open the drawing with LDt. LDt only works in decimal units. That is the unit of measure for Engineers …
How do I change all geometric display to be in decimal feet?
Jun 7, 2024 · You're in Engineering Units [showing feet and decimal inches]. If you want to see the feet mark, you must be in Architectural or Engineering Units, with the drawing unit …