Default Units

[Jkane2022]

How can I change the default drawing units, so instead of changing from inches to millimeters every time I start a new drawing, it is already in millimeters when I begin? I use metric much more often.

[Patchy]

Use command -dwgunits after start a new drawing, change it to meter, then save it as acadiso.dwt

[Jkane2022]

I'd rather be able to save it to acad.dwt because it uses ansi dimensions. But I tried and it didn't have an effect when starting a new drawing

[ritzofriya]

(SETVAR "INSUNITS" 4)

[Jkane2022]

This time, it changes the units to millimeters in the one drawing, but if I close and open a new drawing it's back to inches. I want it to be millimeters for every drawing, but I also want to keep ansi dimensions

[ritzofriya]

What I do means, prepared a program to enable all settings asper my requirement.

example: unit, line weight, ortho, snap, all so once i run the program , it will make ready for my requirements, try that if you feel useful. also i have all my blocks and layers in one group also page setup manager, so for me all will be there in one click.

[Valentin_CAD · Accepted solution]

@Jkane2022 ,

Save your custom drawing template as (*.dwt) and set the path in the OPTIONS "Default Template File Name for QNEW".

• OPTIONS > Default Template File Name for QNEW