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Hint: Unit Acceptance Before Start to Drawing

1 Comment Jan-15-2009 | Posted by Orhan Toker | Printable Version | Level |

Dear bloggers,

One of the most frequently asked questions in user comments section of our blog, as I see, is that new users are very confused of units. We have explained units and some other concepts which have to be known before starting to draw in Autocad in our previous articles. Firstly, I strongly recommend you to read the articles listed below.

Articles:

• Understanding scale concept and units in Autocad
• Scaling in Autocad drawings and layouts
• Beginning a drawing in AutoCAD: Model space and drawing units
• Starting a drawing in AutoCAD-2: Units
• Default scale settings for printouts
• Annotation Objects in AutoCAD 2008 – 1

Let us proceed with the unit acceptance. When you are starting to draw, you have to assume a 1 drawing unit in the model space (DWG Unit) as 1 measure unit. This depends on your type of drawing. For instance, you can assume 1 unit as 1 centimeter in architectural drawings on the other hand, you can assume 1 unit as 1 milimeter in mechanical drawings. You can SCALE all objects in the drawing if you change the unit acceptance later.