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How do you change unit size in AutoCAD?Ĭlick the Format menu heading along the top of the interface. Open the fly out menu of the “draw” panel and from the drop down menu of the “multiple points” option select “measure”. You can even add points on the line signifying measured distances. To measure in Autocad is fairly easy and allows you to create accurate drawings. Press “esc” if you wish to de-select this tool. We are required to specify the coordinates of the opposite corners of the rectangular window. It limits the grid display and the point locations. The Limits command in AutoCAD is used to set an invisible rectangular boundary in the drawing area or viewport.

Civil3D import the objects in foot/meters, it is the dimension style that’s showing it in inches.

Under Length, select a unit type and desired precision.Īrchitects and Structural engineers draw in inches (1 unit in modelspace = 1 inch) while by default in Civil 3D, 1 modelspace unit is 1 foot/meter depends on your units setting.

To scale objects that you insert into the current drawing from drawings with different drawing units, select Scale Objects Inserted from Other Drawings.

Under Drawing Units, select the desired units.

Click Power Dimensioning tab Representation panel Theoretically Exact.

The Power Dimensioning Ribbon Contextual Tab displays.

In the drawing area, select the dimensions you want to mark.

How do I get exact measurements in AutoCAD?

Click the Browse button and select the inch-based drawing.

Enter the INSERT command (or CLASSICINSERT in AutoCAD 2020 and newer).

Select “Decimal” for Type and “Feet” for Insertion scale.