UNITS sets decimal or Architectural (imperial), and you determine during
installation whether you want to exclusively work in Metric or Imperial.
You also need to set MEASUREMENT and MEASUREINIT to 1 (metric) for hatch
patterns and linetypes.
DDIM let you do more: set dimensions to decimal.
Then there is all of the following from the AutoCAD LT online help file:
AutoCAD LT does not use a predefined system of unit measure such as meters
or inches. For example, a distance of one unit may represent one centimeter,
one foot, or one mile in real-world units. Before you begin drawing, decide
what distance one unit will represent, and then create your drawing with
that convention.
Setting the Units Format
You can specify the display format of the unit. Depending on what you
specify, you can enter coordinates in decimal form, fractional form,
degrees, or other notation. To enter architectural feet and inches format,
indicate feet using the prime symbol ('): for example, 72'3. You don't need
to enter quotation marks (") to specify inches.
You can set the unit type and precision in the Quick Setup wizard, the
Advanced Setup wizard, or the Units Control dialog box. These settings
control how AutoCAD LT interprets your coordinate, offset, and distance
entries, and how it displays coordinates and distances.
You can enter three-dimensional coordinates in the same input formats as
two-dimensional coordinates: scientific, decimal, engineering,
architectural, or fractional notation.
The units format for creating and listing objects, measuring distances, and
displaying coordinate locations is separate from the dimension units setting
used in creating dimension values. See Setting the Scale for Dimensions.
Converting Drawing Units
If you start a drawing in one system of measurement (English or metric) and
then want to switch to the other, you need to scale the drawing by a
conversion factor in order to obtain accurate dimensions. For example, to
convert inches to centimeters, you scale the drawing by a factor of 2.54. To
convert from centimeters to inches, the scale factor is 1/2.54 or about
0.3937.
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> What dimension variable needs to be changed in AutoCAD LT 2000 to show
> metric units.
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