Set "Meter" as Default Insertion Unit in BricsCAD?

STA
STA
in 2D Drafting

Hi everyone, I’m working with BricsCAD and I have a question regarding insertion units: I’d like all drawings I open to automatically use "Meter" as the insertion unit. All of our plans are drawn in meters, and I want to avoid any scaling issues when copying from one drawing to another. Is there a way to set "Meter" as the default insertion unit—either in the settings or via a template—so that every drawing starts or opens with this unit already set? Appreciate any tips or best practices!

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  • Wiebe van der Worp
    Wiebe van der Worp

    https://vanderworp.org/cad-insert-and-units/

    So: Set InsUnits, InsUnitsDefSource and InsUnitsDefTarget to value 6
    You may want to set InsUnits to 6 in your template drawing and or you can add this to on_doc_load.lsp in the path, like:
    (setvar 'insunits 6)

  • aridzv
    aridzv

    In your on_start.lsp and on_doc_load.lsp (if you don't know about them Google them)

    Add that line from the above comment:

    (setvar 'insunits 6)

  • zoomer
    zoomer

    What I miss is a "Working" Unit option.
    I also always want to work in Meters.

    Basically I would not be interested in "INSUNITS" at all. Especially I do not want to care about if I get external dwgs in from people that are used to other units.
    In such cases, with all(!) the Unit/Conversion Options in Settings and Commands - I was never able to convert anything INSUNITS - without the need of manual Scaling.

    So to see my preferred Units, I usually set to show Units in DYNDIMS and such - but deactivate any of other Units that I do not want to see. So basically that looks perfect. But unfortunately Input Fields still expect INSUNITS input. If INSUNITS differ, I would need to tediously type my desired Units behind every number input. This is especially tricky as the DYNDIMs show my desired Units before I do input changes, that will be interpreted in "wrong" units.

    (And together with Bricscad's inability to interpret/use our german decimal separator "Comma" (!) on a german keyboard'S NumBlock, that is not the best UX)

  • aridzv
    aridzv
    edited April 22

    When importing a drawing made with different units than drawing importing to it will be imported out scale - a total mess.

    If both drawings have their insunits set properly the imported drawing will come properly scaled and in place.

    From experience of importing drawings made with imperial units and in wgs84 datum in to drawings of meter insunits (6) and in utm datum.

    EDIT:

    also important to set MEASUREMENT (this is the drawing "working units") to what you use in your drawing.

    0 for imperial

    1 for metric

  • STA
    STA

    Thanks so much for the quick replies – really appreciate the help