Hi all,
I need to change my drawing units from inches to feet. For example, when I draw a line and type "100" it spits out a line that is 100 inches long. I need it to be a line that is 100 ft long when I type "100". Basically I need to go from decimal inches to decimal feet. Any help would be much appreciated!
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Thank you for this. I opened the -DWG dialog box and the units were set to mm but the output was some how converted to inches? I'm migrating from microstation and setting these units is something that I find drastically different. I have fixed my problem through the UNITS dialog box and I'm now able to draw in decimal feet.
As a note of caution, most people don't draw in decimal FEET, unless they are surveying or machining. They draw in FeeT-INches (LUNITS = 3 or 4), where a line 100 units long would be 100 inches or 8'-4" long. To draw a line 100FT long you'd draw a line 100' (add the ft mark).
Drawing a line 3FEET 10 and 5/8" long in decimal feet (LUNITS = 2) would require some gymnastics. With LUNITS = 3 or 4, when keying in length simply enter 3'10-5/8 and you get the line precisely that long.
I know I'm the oddball with that ! I keep a conversion chart handy for quick reference so for me it's easier and faster to draw in decimal feet and eliminates the complication of fractions, e.g., instead of typing 3'-10 5/8" I simply type 3.8854' and get the same line with less hassle. To each his own!
That depends on your definition of "hassle". I didn't have to create and keep track of a cheat sheet, or hunt it down when I needed it, or look through it for the number (if your sheet covers 16ths through 1'-0" that's 192 numbers) and then key it in.
3.8854' is 6 keystrokes 3'10-5/8 is 8 keystrokes, but I understand that those two keystrokes are SUCH a hassle and 5/8 is SO complicated, so I can see where you might want to avoid them ..............
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