How to draw in centimetres?

Helen269 · 发表于 2022-7-7 14:08:01

I am in the UK and I want to draw, say, a square that is 5cm on each side. How do I set AutoCAD so that 1 unit = 1cm?

When I draw a test square and each line is 5 units long and have the annotation scale set to 1:1 it prints out on paper at 5mm square. Do I have to remember to times every measurement by 10? That seems very awkward.

Dana W · 发表于 2022-7-7 14:21:47

Sometimes the hammer, sometimes the nail. Now, all I have to do is work on getting my answers correct.

Dadgad · 发表于 2022-7-7 14:40:33

That did it, thanks guys! :-)

(But you'd think such an important command would have am easy to use drop-down menu somewhere)

Dana W · 发表于 2022-7-7 14:45:18

Its really only relevant if you keep changing your units. Once it is set in your template all future drawings will use the correct settings.

Helen269 · 发表于 2022-7-7 15:02:07

Like Dbroada says, you ain't gonna want to do this all the time. Now that you know how to set the units to cm, you can save a Centemeter Units.dwt (template drawing) and use it for a new drawing. It'll be ready to go.
-dwgunits is a set and forget sort of admin tool, made difficult to find on purpose. That's why they make default templates, so noobs don't have to sweat it. :lol:and then somebody wants a non default unit.

dbroada · 发表于 2022-7-7 15:09:32

fortunately "light years" is one of the defaults....

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