Lisp for changing the acad.dwt to acadiso.dwt

[arshadmirza786]

Pls. refer to my earlier post

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-2013-2014-2015-2016-2017/how-to-check-the-template-used-for-d...

Our primary units are meters for drawings I know for this we have to use acadiso.dwt but some colleagues has used acad.dwt that is for inches (i assume)

1- How we can print the inches for meters (1"=25.4 mm)

2- I need a easy way to change these (100s) dwgs from inches to meter for print on a proper scale

My request is, Start a new dwg with acadiso.dwt template and copy all model/ layouts in it

A lisp that copy all model/ layouts to a new file using acadiso.dwt that will save my labor and may be change all files in a folder I hope any one will help me to write a lisp  and save with same name with some changes

[Ruffy85]

You work with Autocad or Autocad mechanical?

[Ranjit_Singh]

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My request is, Start a new dwg with acadiso.dwt template and copy all model/ layouts in it

A lisp that copy all model/ layouts to a new file using acadiso.dwt that will save my labor and may be change all files in a folder I hope any one will help me to write a lisp  and save with same name with some changes

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I believe LISP can accomplish the part where you want to open acadiso.dwt and then copy all the contents from a drawing's modelspace into the template's modelspace. And it should be able to repeat that process for all the drawings. However, simply copying is not going to change the dimensions, entity sizes etc. Is that the intent?

I am not sure I understand the first part How we can print the inches for meters (1"=25.4 mm) Are you talking about scaling the entire drawing by some factor? Please explain a little more.

[arshadmirza786]

Autocad

[arshadmirza786]

yes printing on SCALE is the basic problem

here the page A3 size in 390x280 mm is in use and model drawings in inches and we are not getting the print on scale

for reference the sample dwgs are again attached

[Ranjit_Singh]

Try the attached code. Let me know if it does what you need.

[arshadmirza786]

Thank you for this effort 

This ft2m converts the size from ft to m but in my case my friend has assumed 1 inch = 1 m 

I only need the same distances only in ACADISO.dwt 1mm = 1m (no conversion factor be involved

I am sure due to this process the I have to redo the Layout Scale / composing but if the all layout tabs may please be shifted to new dwg