scaling a drawing

[Anonymous]

i am having an issue with the scale at which a drawing is drawn. i have 2 drawings of the same device yet when i copy and paste one into the other the one i paste is 5 times biger than the other. both have the units set up as decimal/mm and yet every time this happens. then to add to that when i measure the object in mm it is right however when i change the units to arch/inches it gives me a mesurment of 11'-1 3/8" (mm=161). why is this and can i fix it?

thanks, shane searle

[Patchy]

How did you change the unit? which command?

You should open each drawing, use command -DWGUNITS and choose 3 for mm

Reply to Yes or No when it prompts for scaling the drawing, if the distance is correct, reply No

Then try copy and paste again.

[Anonymous]

i change the units by typeing units and changing it there. when i type in DWGUNITS it says "unknown command". and scale is still off. thanks for replying to my post i am just trying to figure out why this is happening.

thanks, shane searle. 

[Patchy]

put a dash in front of dwgunits

-DWGUNITS