It is possible to create the Civil Data (Point, Alignments, Parcels,
Surfaces, etc.) in one unit of measure like Imperial Units and then LandXML
Export to create a LandXML file. A user can then create a new drawing in
Metric Units and LandXML Import. The software will convert the data from one
unit of measure to the other.
Clearly, this does not work for purely geometric objects (lines, arcs,
circles, text, etc.). they can be inserted, aligned and exploded later.
Angel Espinoza
KETIV Technologies
"albionpjl" wrote in message
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> Hi all,
> I often work with very old maps and have to overlay them onto the modern
OS.
> I tried setting up a drawing with the units in feet and inches, and
digitising a drawing, and then opening the modern map which is set to metres
and importing the first into it, but the units in the first drawing simply
turn into metres when it imports (so that something that was 1 foot in the
original drawing is now one metre. Is there a way to bring a drawing done
with imperial measurements into a drawing done with metres and have it
automatically scale correctly?
> Thanks
> Joan