X Ref

X Ref

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X Ref

earthsquare
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Hi,

Problems with X Ref Scale.

I have a dwg (unit:unitless)...say name of the dwg as xyz.dwg

When I am trying to Xref the dwg named XYZ on to a a new dwg (unit:unitless) but the drawing XYZ seems scaled.

Did I miss something in the process.

AutoCAD LT 2017 for Mac on macOS Sierra

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Sreejith.S
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maxim_k
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Hi,

Have you seen this:

http://cadtips.cadalyst.com/blocks-general/setting-insunits

""If either the source or target INSUNITS variable is set to Unitless, AutoCAD will look to the settings below to scale, or not scale, the drawing. (Tools -Options - User Preferences).

"The two system variables that AutoCAD will look to when handling scaling with Unitless settings, and stored in the computer registry, are INUNITSDEFSOURCE and INSUNITSDEFTARGET.

"Example: If the source (block) drawing's INSUNITS is set to Unitless and is inserted into a drawing whose INUNITSDEFSOURCE is set to feet, AutoCAD will treat it as feet and insert it based on that unit.

"Let's say the target (current) drawing's INSUNITS is set to feet. The source (block) is now treated as feet because INUNITSDEFSOURCE is set to feet in the target. Feet inserted into the target file feet, so there will be no scaling."

Maxim

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earthsquare
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Dear Maxim,

Thank you, so much for the detailed reply.
This is what I did in preferences.
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Regards
Sreejith

Sreejith.S
Landscape Architect
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