Copy and paste scaling issues

[Anonymous]

Hi Guys,

I'm relatively new to AutoCAD been using for a couple of months now. what I use it for is relatively simple but my company has started to use a new designer and the drawing coming over are different.

Basically I'm trying to paste over some measurements and a few other things and the just come in huge.

I have spend a few days already trying/reading the solutions on other forum pages i.e. matching various scale types and unit values but nothing has worked and its getting very frustrating hoping someone on here could help me out.

Thanks for any help appreciate it 🙂

[-FDC-]

What do you mean with unit values ?

Probably one of the two drawings is drawn in another unit but maybe not set.

Check the units on both drawings.

[Anonymous]

HI Thanks for response but yeah I have found this on another forum and both drawings are set to millimeters.

the unit values I mean is I have tried a few things on other forums such as matching up DWGunits on both drawings, matching INSUNITS units also insunitsdeftarget and insunitsdefs.

Few other things that I cant remember over last few day. but nothing seems to work was hoping it was something really simple that I don't know about

[-FDC-]

Maybe the units are set in mm but the drawings are not drawn in mm.

Try to dimension a line of the same length in the drawings.

If you post your files I will check them for you.

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

besides of _UNITS also verify

-DWGUNITS

- alfred -

[Anonymous]

Thanks,

can you send me your email so I can send you the files, Just so I don't have to post them on here?

[Anonymous]

Thanks Alfred,

I have also tried this and matched all the units to file that I am copying from and got the same result everything just coming over huge.

[-FDC-]

I checked your drawings.

The units are both in mm.

However!

The Eastbourne drawing is drawn in mm but the Gas drawing is drawn in meter!

You can check it with the distance command.

I also think that you messed up the dimension style a bit (it has the same name but different settings).

[Anonymous]

Thanks for having a look for me,

so what would be the best way to get the dimensions copied over at the correct scale?

thought it was strange and I would of thought if I copied over from the gas drawing to Eastbourne they should be smaller not bigger as mm to m, but I'm just learning. got a massive manual here but find looking through these forums much more helpful.

[-FDC- · Accepted solution]

I would rename the old dimension.

Bring in the info from the other drawing and then adjust the new dimension.

If you don't need to adjust the info from the other drawing I would xref the other drawing.

I saw that the basepoint is not the same though.

Keep in mind that 1m = 1000mm

So if you want your dimension to say 1 and you are drawing in meter you draw a line of 1 drawingunit.

If you draw in mm that same line has to be 1000 drawing units.

1000 times bigger.

To plot this on the same scale and be visible you have to make your dimension style 1000 times bigger (because afterwards you will scale it a 1000 times more).

You have to start by making dimension styles for both meters and mm.