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Changing 2 drawings so they match coordinates

mbeattieMB7F8 — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:00:08 GMT

Hi,

I wondered if you could help. I have 2 drawings but when I copy and paste elements of one to another to original coordinates it pastes the wrong scale and wrong location.

When i point ID on one drawing also the coordinates are totally different. Is anyone able to help?

Cheers.

Re: Changing 2 drawings so they match coordinates

S.Faris — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:08:33 GMT

The reason might be "Differences in drawing units between source and target drawings"

Refer to this : Using the Clipboard pastes objects in the wrong size in AutoCAD

or use -DWGUNITS and make sure both the drawings are in same units(but don't scale).

Re: Changing 2 drawings so they match coordinates

mbeattieMB7F8 — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:12:24 GMT

Tried that but still can't seem to get the two to match.

Re: Changing 2 drawings so they match coordinates

S.Faris — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:19:49 GMT

when you use -DWGUNITS what s the value for "Unit for length" that you get in both your drawings?

eg:

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

Re: Changing 2 drawings so they match coordinates

rkmcswain — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:27:43 GMT

@mbeattieMB7F8 wrote:

When i point ID on one drawing also the coordinates are totally different. Is anyone able to help?

@mbeattieMB7F8 - so are you saying that you ID a common, known point in each drawing and you do not get the same coordinates? If so, _and_ both drawings are in WCS, then one of them must be in the wrong location.

Re: Changing 2 drawings so they match coordinates

mbeattieMB7F8 — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:29:06 GMT

Yeah that is basically it. Do you know how I change the drawing I am copying from as the one I am copying into is the right coordinates.

Re: Changing 2 drawings so they match coordinates

rkmcswain — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:33:47 GMT

@mbeattieMB7F8 - do you have two or three, known, common points in each drawing? If so, you could insert (or Xref) one into the other, and use the ALIGN command to align those points. After that, explode (or in the case of Xref, bind and explode), and get rid of the data you don't need from the other drawing.

Re: Changing 2 drawings so they match coordinates

pendean — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 13:29:32 GMT

Post your two DWG files, lets all have a look for ourselves.

Re: Changing 2 drawings so they match coordinates

mbeattieMB7F8 — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 15:29:46 GMT

Great thanks. Attached drawings. I need the Gas and Water drawings in the same scale/coordinates as the blank current site DWG drawing.

Re: Changing 2 drawings so they match coordinates

ilia.borisov — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 16:07:30 GMT

Command "-DWGUNITS" -> Enter -> Enter... till Scale objects from other drawings upon insert? -> No.

Re: Changing 2 drawings so they match coordinates

s.borello — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 17:07:06 GMT

You can use control shift c to copy to clipboard with a base point... then paste to the same base point in your other drawing, this way the coordinates won't matter. If you really need them to be the same coordinates, why not xref drawing 1 into drawing 2 and align them that way.

Re: Changing 2 drawings so they match coordinates

aecivil1 — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 07:33:05 GMT

What if we don't have a common point in the two layouts. we only have northing and easting in both the drawings taken from same reference points.

Re: Changing 2 drawings so they match coordinates

Pointdump — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 10:11:28 GMT

Hi Deepak,
Welcome to the Autodesk Forums.
It would be best to start a new thread with your question. And please post screen shots, or better yet, post both drawings.
Dave