I have browsed one file in meters from Pythagoras to dwg. When I opened it with Civil 3D the drawing units become feet. Where is the problem and how can I convert the whole drawing to meters?
View 5 RepliesI would like to change the conversion factor of meters to feet to a more accurate value rather that 0.3048. In my place we use the meter to feet conversion with 3.2808333. It makes a lot difference when the decimals does not carry up to 7 decimal place.
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I am using AutoCAD 2012, my drawings dimensions are showing in millimeter. i want to change millimeter to meter.....
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I read up on the Help files and it said that Architectural and Engineering scales are set to feet and inches.
I am also confused how to use the conversion tool on the QuickCalc in AutoCAD. The "Convert From" and "Convert To" are set to meters. I am not sure WHAT the default unit of measurement is to begin with.
I received a .dwg file from S. Korea with dimensions and units all in the metric mm and I need the units to be in feet and inches. Is there a command to switch dimensions and units to imperial feet and inches?
Rather than changing units in command UNITS Inches and Architectural, and SCALE 25.4, is there any other way to switch metric to imperial systems. Scaling somewhat does the trick but, provided dimensions remain in mm.
Is there a way to make AutoCAD2012 display the area of a closed Polyline as Feet- Inch(ex 22'-4") rather than the feet as a decimal (ex feet=22.3333333) as it does when the units are set to Architectural or Engineering?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a very simple surface. All of the elevations defining it, are set in feet. When I click on the surface it tells me my max and min elevations are in feet matching the points that I have defining the surface.
Here is the kicker, when I run a distance it is measuring the Z distance in inches and not feet. As you can see by the attached image the distance is 95' but the elevation change is 1 3/8". The actual points defining the surface are 1.28' difference. If I were to do a spot elevation on the surface, it would give me the correct elevation in feet. I am guessing that this is some sort of variable that I have missed, but damned if I can find it.
I am trying to get the feet mark (') on the dimension, right now I have 66.71 and I want 66.71'.
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Second part, if the drawing is in metric do I open the Autocad Civil 3D metric icon or does it matter. Where I can read up on why there is a metic and imperial Autocad icon?
My data is in decimal format and
In metric I am geting the feet interval of contours
How to change the feet to decimal system
When I use the distance command the answer displays in inches; I prefer feet of course. How do I navigate to the menu that changes this?
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How do I control the elevation values? My DEM has x,y coordinates in meters, but elevation values are in feet...
So far what's happening is that I end up with all the z values multiplied by 3.08... (I assume it is trying to convert the meters to feet..., but since I already have feet in the DEM ... no good)
Any way for Vol. calcualtions to be shown in Acre Feet? I am doing Volums of lakes and the client needs a report of the number of Acre Feet in the lake. To get the data, he uses a depth finder hooked up to a GPS. I can do this by hand calculator but using Civil 3D 2013 would be much easier.
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Also, is there a way to get it to display the area in BOTH acres and square feet?
I'd like to show feet/inches with arch units even when i have a whole number measurement. right now the dim for 16' shows as 16' only. i want it to show as 16'-0"
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View 9 Replies View RelatedI am in the process of transitioning from land desktop to Civil 3D. I design roads in steep terrain and sometimes need to have my catch (daylight) slopes change. So my question is, how do I change a daylight slope at a specified depth? For example, from the shoulder of the road I want a 3:1 fill slope to a depth of 10 feet than change to a 2:1 slope until it catches the existing surface. Can this be built into a subassembly such that if the fill is less than 10 feet it will daylight correctly at a 3:1 and if the depth is greater than 10 feet then it carries the 3:1 for 10 vertical feet and then changes to the 2:1 until it daylights?
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1 - I understand 300DPI is standard print. I read about 150 being ok. What is the norm for images of this size?
2 - I have some images that I could really do with scalling up. They are PSD format. FOr something of this size do you think it would be acceptable to scale up to maybe double the size?
I have used the digital color meter in apples os to find rgb colors in a image. I was trying to find one that would give me the closest cmyk equvelent to the web color on my clients site.
The problem is that i used a hex value in Photoshop to create the colors on a bizcard. but all of them came out darker that desired. This is the second time it has happened. I am starting to believe that hex values and cmyk are not friends.
I do not have 500+ dollar for a new screen. I own a LG 2750 that was as close to an apple monitor ad i could see (compared with the naked eye and some gradients as a baseline). This monitor makes everything look brighter than it is so i compensat for that by making things slightly brighter than what my eye preceves is right. My othe screen is its opposite, making every thing darker.
This why i was needing a meter that would allow me to see the cmyk formula for the pixel i am hovering over. I would also wnat it to tell me whether this was a already a native cmyk formula (native to its range) or if it was just a closest estimation.
way to increase my Pixel Per Meter on CS3 to be able to use really small FONT with out them getting pixilated.
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View 1 Replies View Relatedi recently upgraded from 2007 to 2013. when i select properties for an object, such as a closed ploy line, the area is displayed in square inches. i can not seem to figure out how to change it to feet
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