AutoCAD MEP

[#1]

I'm looking for a Soft Metric label to tag the HVAC components in an imperial unit drawing. Does anyone have this or know how to create it?

[#2]

Randy,

This set of YouTube videos will show how to make a Tag.  The biggest thing users run into is tag scaling with the annotative scales, but the set of 4 videos addresses the "How-To" make a tag which I think will work here.  Hope this helps,

Joshua

Link:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL99839E19EF2CE88D&feature=plcp

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[#3]

Hey Randy, were those videos useful?

Joshua

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[#4]

Not in this case. I have an imperial unit drawing that contains a ductwork layout. By default, an imperial label is added desplaying the imperila unit size. I need a tag or label that will also show text in soft metric text.

[#5 · Accepted solution]

One word (ok 2), Property Sets.

Method 1:

Use a formula property to manually convert the units.  2.54 cm = 1 inch.

Method 2:

Use a property set > property, mapped to a property data format that uses metric units.  See image.

http://screencast.com/t/PSyoi67139Xo

HTH,

Joshua

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[#6]

I used a modified version of your Method 2. I had to create addtional property sets and create a new tag. Thanks for your help.