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Very useful for a naive person like me. I was always struggling and wondering how to change units; and here you have taught me the basics, which I was ignorant about. MANY THANKS TO YOU
I'm so glad I found this video. I was wasting so much time converting inches to meters. I have no clue why America doesn't use metric. Metric makes more sense.
highly appreciated many thanks to source cad i already know this command but never used, today have tried many times but it's not working, because after this video i understand i missed minus (-) sign😀 thanks again it's very helpful
My drawing units are in Millimeters. I checked it from units command. To make sure i draw a line of 25.4 units then measure it , i add alternate units also with primary units . Dimension says length of line 25.4(1"). So it prove its units are in millimeters. when i use -DWGUNITS command it says meters(6) . I am confused here. Any help would be appreciate
Nice one, sir I have main problem in understanding the drawing... If u don't mind can u make a video on views..... How to read the views of a drawing I.e front view ,top view ,nd side view
i am working on 2019 AC , but it does not allow me to open a text box as you do on the left bottom?, i received drawings and all in imperial , need to change it , did change units on the system but still it remains imperial
Hi Sir i apply this command for convert from cm to mm but old dimension changed to other value and when check the dimension its shows in mm but when i update drawing its give me value in meter like i give dim 20 its goes to 2000. Sir would you tell me why its happening with me like this?
Thanks brother! I managed to do that but if I want to maintain the units as it is, e.g 10 units to be the same as it is, is that possible? the reason i'm asking because I got architectural drawings in wrong setting, and I am using AutoCAD MEP to model the HVAC system, if I do it your way the dimensions of the arch drawings will be wrong, is there a way to resolve this issue?
can you please say me about conversion of meters into feets, but the unit mus be kept Inches, though i have tried through your vedio frm meters to inches, but after conversion while measuring for example 15meters must be converted to 49'2'', instead its showing me 1' 3'', i knw sumthng is going wrong. please reply the procedure fr this
I would be very grateful if you could tell me why the inertias y/y and x/x, in mass properties, cant appear with same values than calculated manually. Regards
hi, i have problem with our school project. we were given a floor plan which in metric. we are going to use imperial units for designing ducting system. when i try to create diffuser i notice it is not scale. the diffuser i made was so small. please help. how can i correct my settings. thank you and God Bless.
You can try the steps as I mentioned in the article, for the duct you can simply export it in using WRITEBLOCK command and then change its units in the new drawing and then import it again.
I have a question While launching my existing drawing unit box shows that unit of drawing is in mm but by checking with -dwgunit command it shows in inches why so
The unit dialog box showed insertion unit i.e the unit in which all inserted objects like Blocks and Xref will be converted. The correct unit is shown by -DWGUNITS command.
thanx sir for this video. i've a question, would u plz show me how to plot (print) a 3d model in black & white. i've tried diff. method(monochrome, grayscale, .ctb, .stb) from internet but they're not working. the model is still printing in color. a tutorial would be helpful. plz reply.
M KF no need to download these ctb's. it's available by default inside AutoCAD. it must be work if you already assigned at the moment of plotting or page setup. the second option to plot in black and white, first you need to make a pdf and then print, don't forget check features tab in pdf, there is an option available for black and white print
Hey please help me.. I wanted to convert my drawing from feet into cm and than I wanted to scale cm into 3/4 ratio for printing (for miniature) so can u please tell me how to do that
Hello Everyone. I have one doubt...once i am entering this command(-dwgunits) than the instead of result something else is coming....(Command not allowed because drawing contains objects from a newer version of this application.)....please guide me ....i will be thankful for your immediate action. best Regards
Save your drawing with lower version of AutoCAD (preferably AutoCAd 2013 version) then open the saved file and repeat the -DWGUNITS command. It should work.
Bro Tell me how to make a unite default when opening AutoCad.for example when i change unite from inch to millimeter and close my autocad and reopen autocad the unit changes automatically to inch
Thanks for the video Sir. Please this is an urgent question... I drew a plan with the wrong dimensions in inches. How can I correct it to the right dimension in millimiters?
sir i tried changing from meter to millimeter but its not working it keeps on giving me the current unit as inches . however i made my drawing in meters and now want to convert it to millimeters. please help.
thank u sir i will give it a try. but isn't there any other method to change the units within the current cad drawing.. i remember by teacher explaining something it had something to do with scaling .. first u select scale then enter 0,0,0 and then add the value of 1000 and press enter to change meters to millimeters... i found it very difficult to wrap my head around as am not sure how can i use the same method to change to some other unit coz 1000 is only to convert to millimeters from meters
if your drawing is set to inches and you draw a line 1" then change your drawing to mm and draw a line 304.8mm, why are those two lines not the same length???
Thank you very much man this is the real version of india. But i have request also, when i use the command (DAL) its making it with the same units before that, so do you have a solution for that bcuz im stuck in the middle of real work. @SourceCAD
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This is the ultimate unit customization option, and is exactly what i was searching for.
Fast, Clear, full of knowledge, time saving....this is how other needs to learn a lesson
Thanks Muhammad
Very useful for a naive person like me. I was always struggling and wondering how to change units; and here you have taught me the basics, which I was ignorant about. MANY THANKS TO YOU
this channel has saved my university civil eng project thank you who ever you are man
This thread to convert drawing units saved me a lot of headeaches, thanks man!
I'm so glad I found this video. I was wasting so much time converting inches to meters. I have no clue why America doesn't use metric. Metric makes more sense.
OMG! This is exactly what I was searching for. Its like.. 2weeks trouble solved in just 2mins! Great ! 👍 thnx a lot!!
highly appreciated
many thanks to source cad
i already know this command but never used, today have tried many times but it's not working, because after this video i understand i missed minus (-) sign😀
thanks again it's very helpful
Perfect. I've watched multiple videos about units, but this was the best so far. Thanks mate.
I have never seen anyone so easy to understand. thanks a lot brother
My drawing units are in Millimeters. I checked it from units command.
To make sure i draw a line of 25.4 units then measure it , i add
alternate units also with primary units . Dimension says length of line
25.4(1"). So it prove its units are in millimeters. when i use
-DWGUNITS command it says meters(6) . I am confused here. Any help would
be appreciate
This video saved me from a huge headache, thanks a lot mate!
The video is perfect. But I seem to have the wrong units after converting it. Any ideas on how to fix it ?😅
Nice one, sir I have main problem in understanding the drawing...
If u don't mind can u make a video on views.....
How to read the views of a drawing I.e front view ,top view ,nd side view
Sir
I'm using auto CAD 2017 in that dimensions numbers are not showing, how to make it work
will dimension styles, text styles, also be converted automatically too? or just an object.
Sir,
For 4m I have given 4mm
Like this done the whole plan
How can i convert the whole drawing to m .
same problem
Can we change inch to mm by using -Dwg method??
For making 2D drawing of lego which unit we use
Thanks for this, but how do convert the entire drawing?
Is this method applicable to 3D solids?
i am working on 2019 AC , but it does not allow me to open a text box as you do on the left bottom?, i received drawings and all in imperial , need to change it , did change units on the system but still it remains imperial
@sourceCAD plz help meh right now .. if my drawing file is drawn by taking 1 inch =1 meter then how can we do that in exact meter ?
thank u so much sir, this video is really awesome...ur way of explaining is very simple and clear.
Hi Sir i apply this command for convert from cm to mm but old dimension changed to other value and when check the dimension its shows in mm but when i update drawing its give me value in meter like i give dim 20 its goes to 2000.
Sir would you tell me why its happening with me like this?
the units is not converting from inches to mm in autocadd version 2016 what is the problem init can you rply....
DWGUNITS command is not available in 2013 autocad version. I need to convert from meter DWG to centimetres DWG.
This is exactly what i was searching for. Thank you so much
super clear explanation, you deserved big thumbs up!
wow what a nice & shortcut way to convert the unit, Thanks a lot.
ur voice is so calm and clear
Thank you! Your instruction is very clear and easy to follow.
How about drawings in meters, I have a drawing with scale of 1:2000 cm and I want to scale this in meters, how do I go about that
i have a doubt in this units is it possible to convert a drawing from decimal to engineering?
This is long time confusion, now clarified thanks a lot.
Thanks brother! I managed to do that but if I want to maintain the units as it is, e.g 10 units to be the same as it is, is that possible? the reason i'm asking because I got architectural drawings in wrong setting, and I am using AutoCAD MEP to model the HVAC system, if I do it your way the dimensions of the arch drawings will be wrong, is there a way to resolve this issue?
Very good explanation sir, thanks for sharing, Thumps up for you!!!
Thanks
can you please say me about conversion of meters into feets, but the unit mus be kept Inches, though i have tried through your vedio frm meters to inches, but after conversion while measuring for example 15meters must be converted to 49'2'', instead its showing me 1' 3'', i knw sumthng is going wrong. please reply the procedure fr this
You can refer to this article as well, it might make things more clear www.thesourcecad.com/how-to-change-units-of-existing-drawing-in-autocad/
Sir me auto cad 2017 use karte but offset distance cm made asla kontya hi unit made kami ka yetoy and trim lavkr hot nahi
what will we do if the final cad drawing is not visible after double click?? please help me
Can you do this with Advanced Steel without exploding the model?
I would be very grateful if you could tell me why the inertias y/y and x/x, in mass properties, cant appear with same values than calculated manually. Regards
hi, i have problem with our school project. we were given a floor plan which in metric. we are going to use imperial units for designing ducting system. when i try to create diffuser i notice it is not scale. the diffuser i made was so small. please help. how can i correct my settings. thank you and God Bless.
You can try the steps as I mentioned in the article, for the duct you can simply export it in using WRITEBLOCK command and then change its units in the new drawing and then import it again.
Thanks a lot sir ur way of express teaching awesome clear audiable .
I have a question While launching my existing drawing unit box shows that unit of drawing is in mm but by checking with -dwgunit command it shows in inches
why so
The unit dialog box showed insertion unit i.e the unit in which all inserted objects like Blocks and Xref will be converted. The correct unit is shown by -DWGUNITS command.
i needed this tutorial since a long.thank you so much
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Nice explanation. Will that automatically change the units for dimensions and leaders too?
Perfect... The way of explanation very good..... I like it
thanx sir for this video. i've a question, would u plz show me how to plot (print) a 3d model in black & white. i've tried diff. method(monochrome, grayscale, .ctb, .stb) from internet but they're not working. the model is still printing in color. a tutorial would be helpful. plz reply.
Ok I will try to include a tutorial on this topic soon
M KF no need to download these ctb's. it's available by default inside AutoCAD. it must be work if you already assigned at the moment of plotting or page setup.
the second option to plot in black and white, first you need to make a pdf and then print, don't forget check features tab in pdf, there is an option available for black and white print
sir i have a question. i made a 3d solid how can i change it's length..?
You can change properties of a 3D solid using properties palette
ojas verma you can modify it with using this command "solidedit"
Hey please help me.. I wanted to convert my drawing from feet into cm and than I wanted to scale cm into 3/4 ratio for printing (for miniature) so can u please tell me how to do that
Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks for sharing!
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I got
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short and sweet explanation, thank you so much.
Thank you very much for this video. Helped me out more than you could know today.
Hello Everyone. I have one doubt...once i am entering this command(-dwgunits) than the instead of result something else is coming....(Command not allowed because drawing contains objects from a newer version of
this application.)....please guide me ....i will be thankful for your immediate action.
best Regards
Save your drawing with lower version of AutoCAD (preferably AutoCAd 2013 version) then open the saved file and repeat the -DWGUNITS command. It should work.
Wow! This is very informative, thanks for sharing it with us. It worth it...dl
so what happen if we create again any shape after conversion of previous rectangle from inch to mm ? Inch units will set as default or mm?
The latter will remain as the unit of drawing, in the case of your example it will be mm.
SourceCAD refer my comments in others video
Thank you, Actually, this video helps me out, I appreciate it.
Bro Tell me how to make a unite default when opening AutoCad.for example when i change unite from inch to millimeter and close my autocad and reopen autocad the unit changes automatically to inch
Thanks for the video Sir.
Please this is an urgent question...
I drew a plan with the wrong dimensions in inches. How can I correct it to the right dimension in millimiters?
I have made the same mistake do you know how Can I fix this issue , I just want to change the units not the scale
@@ahmadkhalaf826 made the same mistake lol hahahaa
@@riconebio6258 Use the -DWG COMMAND
fantastic and very clear explanation
best information, work easily understanding everyone Thank
sir i tried changing from meter to millimeter but its not working it keeps on giving me the current unit as inches . however i made my drawing in meters and now want to convert it to millimeters. please help.
Did you try both methods mentioned in the video?
there is only one method mentioned in this video. using -DWGUNIT
what is the other method i can use?
Second method is block import it is mentioned in this article www.thesourcecad.com/how-to-change-units-of-existing-drawing-in-autocad/
thank u sir i will give it a try. but isn't there any other method to change the units within the current cad drawing.. i remember by teacher explaining something it had something to do with scaling .. first u select scale then enter 0,0,0 and then add the value of 1000 and press enter to change meters to millimeters... i found it very difficult to wrap my head around as am not sure how can i use the same method to change to some other unit coz 1000 is only to convert to millimeters from meters
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PERFECT TUTORIAL! Thanks man!
thanks bro but i want to convert my mm drawing to meters but i cant can u plzz explain
THANK YOU SO MUCH EASY WAY THANKS ALOT THIS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS STRUGGLING WITH.
Thank you very much, this is a great tip 👌✔
How come even after doing everything mine still is set to inches?
Love to ur knowledge and explanations
Thank you , direct to the point.
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if your drawing is set to inches and you draw a line 1" then change your
drawing to mm and draw a line 304.8mm, why are those two lines not the
same length???
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How to do you convert circle size to mm?
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Thank you very useful video
Thank you Sir, this helps a lot.
i dont have this option plz anyone help me when i write dwgunit then here is option unknown command
It seems you forgot to add a dash before the command, use -DWGUNITS command (note the dash - before command).
SourceCAD Thnx a lot dear..... i did it..... thnx for correction. may God bless you
superr... you solve my problem..
Thank you very much man this is the real version of india.
But i have request also, when i use the command (DAL) its making it with the same units before that, so do you have a solution for that bcuz im stuck in the middle of real work.
@SourceCAD
Thanks , you explained it very well!!
thank you very much!!!that was very useful
good tutorial sir. thank you so much.