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Structure Style Copy Problem

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Message 1 of 9
gccdaemon
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Structure Style Copy Problem

I'm working in Civil 3D 2013 currently. I have a Civil 3D "template" DWG that has all my current styles in it. My ACAD.DWT is a blank drawing with no styles in it, but has all the same drawing settings. When I copy in a structure style (using drag & drop from toolspace) from the C3D template to a new drawing (acad.dwt), the size of the block in the style changes.

 

This is from the C3D template:

c3d template.jpg

 

 

 

This is from the acad.dwt:

acad.dwt.jpg

 

Anyone know the reason for this? Like I said, ALL the settings are the same.

Andrew Ingram
Civil 3D x64 2019
Win 10 x64 Pro
Intel Xeon E5-1620
32 GB Ram
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Message 2 of 9
Jay_B
in reply to: gccdaemon

Your screenshots show inches on one and feet on the other dwg for the P-FH block.

 

I suspect somehow there's an insert units or drawing units issue causing this scaling issue of the P-FH block when copied from dwg A to dwg B.

C3D 2018.1
C3D 2016 SP4

Win 7 Professional 64 Bit
Message 3 of 9
gccdaemon
in reply to: Jay_B

That's just it, I've checked everything and there are no variances (except frame values). I used express tools System Variable Editor and exported the SVF Files and compared them using notepad ++. Here they are for reference.

Andrew Ingram
Civil 3D x64 2019
Win 10 x64 Pro
Intel Xeon E5-1620
32 GB Ram
Message 4 of 9
Jay_B
in reply to: gccdaemon

Hmm, Does entering -DWGUNITS @ command line from each dwg return the same units?

C3D 2018.1
C3D 2016 SP4

Win 7 Professional 64 Bit
Message 5 of 9
gccdaemon
in reply to: Jay_B

Both the same there too. I'll try turning off the scale on insert.

 

 

Command: -dwgunits

Drawing units:
  1. Inches
  2. Feet
  3. Millimeters
  4. Centimeters
  5. Decimeters
  6. Meters
Unit for length <2>:

Drawing unit display formats:
  1. Scientific
  2. Decimal
Linear display format <2>:

Linear display precision <4>:

Scale objects from other drawings upon insert? [Yes/No] <Yes>:

Match INSUNITS to drawing units? [Yes/No] <No>:

Andrew Ingram
Civil 3D x64 2019
Win 10 x64 Pro
Intel Xeon E5-1620
32 GB Ram
Message 6 of 9
Jay_B
in reply to: gccdaemon

Another thought, what happens if you import it using the Import Styles tool rather than drag/drop?

C3D 2018.1
C3D 2016 SP4

Win 7 Professional 64 Bit
Message 7 of 9
gccdaemon
in reply to: Jay_B

Showing feet instead of inches with that method. Any idea where the setting is for that? Must be a Civil 3D setting, but the units and zones data matches.

Andrew Ingram
Civil 3D x64 2019
Win 10 x64 Pro
Intel Xeon E5-1620
32 GB Ram
Message 8 of 9
Jay_B
in reply to: gccdaemon

Sorry I don't know either where it's grabbing these settings from, just had a hunch it might behave differently.

 

C3D 2018.1
C3D 2016 SP4

Win 7 Professional 64 Bit
Message 9 of 9
gccdaemon
in reply to: Jay_B

I found the culprit!

 

Toolspace->Settings Tab->Right click on drawing and select Drawing Settings->Ambient Settings tab->Dimension property->Unit

 

Andrew Ingram
Civil 3D x64 2019
Win 10 x64 Pro
Intel Xeon E5-1620
32 GB Ram

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