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 Convert a mm dwg drawing to mtrs

stevie matthew's profile image
stevie matthew posted 12-11-2024 04:22

Morning all

I often get sent drawings from architects in mm format, is there a way to convert it on import to a mtrs drawing? basically being able to move the decimal point forward 3 places. I usually have to sit and manually take down the co-odinates then move the decimal point forward 3 then key in the co-ordinate.

There is probably an easy way to do this but I am struggling to find it.

Drawing attached is in the mm format that I would like to convert to mtrs.

Thanks 

Stevie

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Erik Petersen

Instead of dragging and dropping it in. Do File>Import and you can choose the drawing scale size after selecting the file

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stevie matthew

Thank you Eric, the mistake I was making was I had the file unit set to meters thinking I was telling tbc to convert to meters rather than the source file being in mm.

Thanks again

Stevie

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Francisco Guerrero

The one reason i try not to drag and drop import mode.  Usually do the actual file import command.  Just learned, that import SPJ files has some options to not import certain points like the design points.  so much easier on the eyes.