When drawing a line using bearing / distance, the line is 12 times longer than what I entered.

[Anonymous]

When drawing a line using bearing / distance (with ‘bd, the transparent toolbar or the “Create Line by Bearing” methods) the line is 12 times longer than what I entered.  I believe it is a drawing specific setting variable.  I am in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2019.

• If I use a different drawing from a training exercise, I do not have this problem.
• If I use old school AutoCAD syntax (@276.3<n60d54'01"e), I do not have this problem.

[Pointdump]

Hi Daryl,
Welcome to the Autodesk Forums.
12 times sure sounds like a feet/inch problem. Can you post that rogue drawing?
Dave

[caddie99]

Wrongs units,  smells like inches instead of feet

[rl_jackson]

Yep, definitely a inches/feet thing. C3D does not draw in inches, 1 is 1 is 1, but C3D is 1 foot or 1 meter.

[Anonymous]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

There are notes on the drawing.

[igi_pop]

Hello!

Please check out the screenshots I attached. It will help you 🙂

the WHEREthe WHAT

Cheers, 

Iggy

[Pointdump · Accepted solution]

Daryl,
Yup, your drawing units are Inches. Here's how to fix things up:

Dave

[igi_pop]

Good tip, but that won't make a difference with this issue. The above needs to be done regardless of the settings you shot.

Cheers,

Iggy

[AllenJessup]

Dave, @Pointdump 

Better to use AECDWGSETUP in Civil 3D. DWGUNITS doesn't get along with Civil. You can get the command line version using the hyphen, -AECDWGSETUP, as with DWGUNITS.

[AllenJessup]

Just to confirm what others have said. This is your problem. Civil 3D cannot work in inches.

BTW. If this drawing was created from your template. Make sure this is changed in the template also.

[Pointdump]

Thanks Allen. I did not know about AECDWGSETUP.
Dave

[igi_pop]

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@AllenJessup wrote:

Dave, @Pointdump 

Better to use AECDWGSETUP in Civil 3D. DWGUNITS doesn't get along with Civil. You can get the command line version using the hyphen, -AECDWGSETUP, as with DWGUNITS.

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Another good tip. And, again, if the setting I posted is in, let's say meters (cause i've tried meters), it will not override it. You'll be drawing in meters, or whatever is set 🙂

[AllenJessup]

@igi_pop 

I'm not 100% sure what you're saying. In a drawing set to Feet. I used AECDWGSETUP to change it to Meters. That change showed up in Drawing Settings.

But that can be dangerous. As you can see in the image. The Drawing units changed to Meters. However the drawing is still in a Foot based coordinate system. I usually only use AECDWGSETUP to change Precision.

I'll agree that editing the Drawing Settings is the proper way to make changes.

[igi_pop]

The drawing settings i screened, units for distance. If it's set to whatever unit you want, changing the AEC settig you suggested won't override it. I've posted two screens. I tried setting to something, then setting "your" command and it stayes the same 🙂

[Anonymous]

Thank you very much.  That simple change from inches to feet has made the diffence.

[caddie99]

The better question is....Did you open a DWG from someone else and then try and do some cad work with C3D?

Inches don't just show up

This is to be avoided...alway start with your base/template then insert or xref anothers DWG.

[igi_pop]

Glad to see @Pointdump  help worked for you. There's always someone here to pitch in.

See you aboot,

Iggy