Sai Pawar

saipawar
saipawar
in 2D Drafting

How to change default units from inch to mm when opening 2D drawing in BricsCAD classic ? Because if the original 2D drawing is in mm , after opening it into BricsCAD it takes the values in inch and after copying that drawing in new sheet it gets convert into mm again. This process ultimately gives a big value.
ex. If in autocad dim. is 100mm.
After opening in BricsCAD it becomes 100 inches .
Then after copying(same drawing) it into new sheet it becomes 100*25.4=2540 mm.

Comments

  • Louis_Verdonck
    Louis_Verdonck

    A DWG drawing uses Drawing Units (DU) internally. When copying the content to another drawing, the value of the INSUNITS system variable is used to scale the dimensions of the imported entities with respect to the value of INSUNITS in the source and target drawing. To solve the problem in your drawing, adjust the value of INSUNITS before copying the content to a new drawing.

  • saipawar
    saipawar

    Hello Louis ! Thanks for your solution. But this works only for one particular time. For new drawing we again have to change the INSUNITS. is there any other solution that will fix this issue permanently so that I don't have to change the INSUNITS again and again?

  • Louis_Verdonck
    Louis_Verdonck

    Adjust the Insunits variable in your template drawing, which is defined by the BASEFILE system variable. Open the Settings dialog and go to Program Options / Templates to see which template you use to create a new drawing.