AutoCAD 2010/2011/2012 DWG Format

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Ok i have been using autocad 2012 for some time now so i end up getting ahead of my teacher, well i created 2 drawings according to the book we are using, but he decided he wanted the drawings done in MM instead of Inchs, so i was wondering if there is a way to covert my drawing from inch to MM?

[#2]

If the units drawn represent inches you can use the SCALE command and scale up all your objects by 25.4 to make them represent millimeters.

[#3]

You could use the SCALE command to change the size of everything, but in the real world thats like hitting it with a sledgehammer.  You will end up with odd-numbered sizes which is usually discouraged; most things need to be built and those in the field work faster with 1000mm instead of 1016mm.  Certain manufactured objects are constructed and/or labelled differently in metric units than they are in imperial units so may not even be available in the that converted size.

[#4]

ty guys

[#5]

Are you to change the physical size or only the units of the dimensions?  If you only need to convert the inch dimensions to equivalent size metric dimensions - that is pretty easy to do in the dimension styles.

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...or you start a new drawing with a metric template, copy and paste the imperial one into the metric one, find a known metric dimension, then scale the whole thing by reference to the new dimension...

[#7]

Perfect answer Bob!

[#8]

10-Q Boyce!