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how to draw in feet and inches in AutoCAD

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Anonymous
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how to draw in feet and inches in AutoCAD

Anonymous
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Please can someone help with setting up AUTOCAD ACCORDING TO US standards of measurement(FEET & INCHES). I used to work in mm and it was already setup for me. I am new to this and I have a job interview . Can someone please help me ASASP

 

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john.vellek has edited your subject line for clarity: how to draw in feet and inches

how to draw in feet and inches in AutoCAD

Please can someone help with setting up AUTOCAD ACCORDING TO US standards of measurement(FEET & INCHES). I used to work in mm and it was already setup for me. I am new to this and I have a job interview . Can someone please help me ASASP

 

Really important

 

Thank you

 

@Anonymous, 

john.vellek has edited your subject line for clarity: how to draw in feet and inches

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Message 21 of 25
Patchy
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Patchy
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Command:

-dwgunits and select 2

Command:

-dwgunits and select 2

Message 22 of 25
Anonymous
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Thank you, but it does not work...I changed it and still 1 equals to 1 inch and not 1 ft.

 

henayati_0-1611939957333.png

 

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Thank you, but it does not work...I changed it and still 1 equals to 1 inch and not 1 ft.

 

henayati_0-1611939957333.png

 

Message 23 of 25
Patchy
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Mine looks different.

Units.JPG

 

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Mine looks different.

Units.JPG

 

Message 24 of 25
Kent1Cooper
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@Anonymous wrote:

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How can I change/set the default to feet? I mean when I type 1 (without ' or "), the program consideres it as 12 inches autocatically and not 1 inch.

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You would have to set things up for the drawing unit to be a foot [common among Surveyors/Civil Engineers].  But then you can't set the Units as Architectural or use feet-inches-fractions format for anything -- that is only possible with an inch as the drawing unit.

Kent Cooper, AIA
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@Anonymous wrote:

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How can I change/set the default to feet? I mean when I type 1 (without ' or "), the program consideres it as 12 inches autocatically and not 1 inch.

...


You would have to set things up for the drawing unit to be a foot [common among Surveyors/Civil Engineers].  But then you can't set the Units as Architectural or use feet-inches-fractions format for anything -- that is only possible with an inch as the drawing unit.

Kent Cooper, AIA
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Anonymous
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It worked!

 

Thank you

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It worked!

 

Thank you

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