copying blocks into drawing not to same scale as drawing??

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I need some help, I have a floor plan that was imported from a PDF, but when I try to copy in blocks from other drawings they come out absolutely massive?  overshadowing the floor plan.  Can some one help me please. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I need some help, I have a floor plan that was imported from a PDF, but when I try to copy in blocks from other drawings they come out absolutely massive?  overshadowing the floor plan.  Can some one help me please. Thank you.

[pendean]

The units in your source file are different from the units in your destination file (feet vs inches, meters vs mm, miles vs inches and so on).

[pendean]

The units in your source file are different from the units in your destination file (feet vs inches, meters vs mm, miles vs inches and so on).

[jporter]

Type in UNITS at the command line and verify the insertion scales are the same for both drawings.  

[jporter]

Type in UNITS at the command line and verify the insertion scales are the same for both drawings.  

[Anonymous]

Hi, thanks for getting back to me so quickly. 

Both the units in the floor plan and the units in the block i'm importing are set to mm?

I'm relatively new to this, so please be kind to me. 

Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Hi, thanks for getting back to me so quickly. 

Both the units in the floor plan and the units in the block i'm importing are set to mm?

I'm relatively new to this, so please be kind to me. 

Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Thanks for getting back to me. 

they are both set to mm?

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Thanks for getting back to me. 

they are both set to mm?

[jporter]

Are you pasting them into the other drawing or are you inserting it in?  If your inserting, verify the scale is set to 1, 1, 1.  If you're pasting then the issue could be in the block.  Have you taken a look at the dimensions of the original block in the block editor?  Or can you provide us the drawings to review ourselves?

[jporter]

Are you pasting them into the other drawing or are you inserting it in?  If your inserting, verify the scale is set to 1, 1, 1.  If you're pasting then the issue could be in the block.  Have you taken a look at the dimensions of the original block in the block editor?  Or can you provide us the drawings to review ourselves?

[RobDraw]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Hi,

I need some help, I have a floor plan that was imported from a PDF, but when I try to copy in blocks from other drawings they come out absolutely massive?  overshadowing the floor plan.  Can some one help me please. Thank you.

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I'm betting the import was not scaled up to 1:1 and is still in paper space dimensions.

[RobDraw]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Hi,

I need some help, I have a floor plan that was imported from a PDF, but when I try to copy in blocks from other drawings they come out absolutely massive?  overshadowing the floor plan.  Can some one help me please. Thank you.

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I'm betting the import was not scaled up to 1:1 and is still in paper space dimensions.

[Anonymous]

Hi,

how can I check this?

[Anonymous]

Hi,

how can I check this?

[RobDraw]

Measure a known distance.

[RobDraw]

Measure a known distance.

[gotphish001 · Accepted solution]

Open up just the block dwg. Check the units and measure the block. If it's not what is expected, you can scale it up or down with SCALE with the reference option to what it should be. Save it and it should insert correct from now on. 

[gotphish001 · Accepted solution]

Open up just the block dwg. Check the units and measure the block. If it's not what is expected, you can scale it up or down with SCALE with the reference option to what it should be. Save it and it should insert correct from now on.