topic Re: Insertion scale in AutoCAD Forum

Insertion scale

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 00:10:59 GMT

I would need to know what´s the difference between "source content units" and "target drawing units"? Thanks

Re: Insertion scale

paullimapa — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 01:24:13 GMT

I assume you are reading these to terms from the on-line Help under Drawing Units Dialog:

Insertion Scale

Controls the scale for blocks and drawings that are inserted into the current drawing.

If you insert a block or a drawing that is created with units that are different from the units used in the current drawing, the insertion scale value corrects the mismatch. If you do not want the block or drawing to be scaled, specify Unitless.

Note: If the Insertion Scale is set to Unitless in either the source block or the target drawing, the Source Content Units and Target Drawing Units settings are referenced to determine the scaling ratio. These settings are located in the Options dialog, User Preferences tab.

So in this case the "source" is the drawing you are selecting to Insert into the current drawing. The "target" is the drawing you are currently in.

Hope this helps.

Re: Insertion scale

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 02:47:04 GMT

thank you very much. Your help was very useful.

Re: Insertion scale

paullimapa — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 03:11:28 GMT

glad I was able to help...cheers!!!!

Re: Insertion scale

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 16:19:07 GMT

Im using auto cad mech 2017. Cant find user preferences,options. Please help

Re: Insertion scale

Anonymous — Sun, 15 Oct 2017 22:41:23 GMT

I am guessing it is the same at autocad 2017 and that it to right click on the screen and down the bottom select options!!!\

i hope this is the right answer for you.