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Powershape 2017 SP6 wrong dimensions

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 08:44:48 GMT

Hello, recently I have a problem when importing dwg files to Powershape.

All dimensions are wrong. For example line that is long 909mm in AutoCAD here is 23808.6mm.

Everything is ok with file, and I did not have that problem before. How to fix this?

Re: Powershape 2017 SP6 wrong dimensions

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 09:28:12 GMT

909 x 25.4 = ....you have imperial/metric mix up. John

Re: Powershape 2017 SP6 wrong dimensions

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 09:40:12 GMT

Thanks, that is correct, but how can I fix that drawing. Units in my Powershape are metric, and should be ok. Scale down everything by 25.4?

Re: Powershape 2017 SP6 wrong dimensions

jon.hunwick — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 11:29:58 GMT

Yes, scaling by 1/25.4 will correct the problem.

Re: Powershape 2017 SP6 wrong dimensions

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 11:47:58 GMT

I had the same problem as you, but imported files was from completly diffrent CAD software.

I had many files to convert, so to solve this problem I wrote a macro:

// (...)

SelectAll

toolbar tools analysis
toolbar tools edit
EDIT SCALE
VALUE 1/25,4
APPLY
DISMISS
EVERYTHING PARTIALBOX
select clearlist

VIEW EDIT TOP

// (...)

And put it as a button in custom toolbar:

My macro a little bit more complicated, with set the lines, circles and dimensions to seperate levels, set the colour and style, set the view on top and set size of dimensions. If you also need something like this, just say it.

Mateusz

Re: Powershape 2017 SP6 wrong dimensions

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 10:29:16 GMT

Problem is solved. Original files I have receieved were in .dwg format exported from Solidworks. In that conversion something happened and mixed up dimensions. I have tried to export the same files to .dxf and then when imported to Powershape everything is ok. Thanks everyone