Change the value of -DWGUNITS without command

[FELIXJMELO]

Change the value of -DWGUNITS without command?

[paullimapa]

Don’t think there’s another option other than the command

[TomBeauford]

You can change unit values by modifying the system variables for each value in acaddoc.lsp.

(if (/= (getvar 'angbase) 0)(progn(setvar 'angbase 0)(princ "\nSet base angle to 0 (East). ANGBASE")))
(if (/= (getvar 'angdir) 0)(progn(setvar 'angdir 0)(princ "\nSet angle direction to counterclockwise. ANGDIR")))
(if (/= (getvar 'aunits) 4)(progn(setvar 'aunits 4)(princ "\nSurvey units. AUNITS")))
(if (/= (getvar 'auprec) 3)(progn(setvar 'auprec 3)(princ "\nSet angle precision to ddd°-mm'-ss\". AUPREC")))

[ec-cad]

At Command Prompt, type in UNITS<enter>

You can set the dwgunits there.

OR

You can use the Command "_-dwgunits" ... in your acaddoc.lsp file (if not found, make one with Notepad),

and put this in there:  (command "_-dwgunits" "3" "2" "4" "Yes" "Yes")(graphscr)

You will want to review the 3, 2, 4 settings.

I tried it at the command prompt, it does the job.

ECCAD

[Sea-Haven]

[ec-cad]

THx.

I edited the previous posting.

ECCAD

[MICROCADDAER6]

If you change -DWGUNITS from 3 to 6, AutoCAD displays the message below and asks the user for confirmations, which in a professional program is not very elegant.

** WARNING: you have changed the unit for this drawing database. **
** All new objects will be drawn according to the new unit, but **
** existing objects will not change size unless you specifically **
** ask to have automatic scaling occur. **
nil

Scale objects in current drawing to reflect change in units? [Yes/No] <Yes>:

Include objects in Paper Space? [Yes/No] <Yes>: