Bringing a 2D ACAD sketch into Inventor with units in mils

[relellinger]

Hi,

I am attempting to bring a 2D ACAD sketch into Inventor in order to make a 3D model of a part. I am able to import the ACAD sketch in, however, Inventor's units are set to "inches". The ACAD drawing is in mils (thous) since it is derived from a printed circuit board (PCB). The issue is that Inventor thinks the sketch is 8500 inches long instead of 8.5 inches long. How to fix this issue?

Thanks!

Rick

[JDMather]

What does -dwgunits in AutoCAD return?

Scale in AutoCAD

or

create a Sketch Block in Inventor and scale the block.

[relellinger · Accepted solution]

-dwgunits ran but nothing happened. So I did the following: Saved the dxf file as a .dwg file and tried again, still nothing. I then set up a new drawing to accept the insertion units as mils but to make the target drawing in inches. I then inserted the .dwg file into the new drwing and the inserted .dwg file came in in inches.

Thanks for your help!

[JDMather]

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@relellinger wrote:

-dwgunits ran but nothing happened. ...

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I'm quite certain the command line returned something (useful information). It is up to the operator to do something with the information.