Scaling entire drawings 2

[Juice]

My question is, the Department of transportation of my state sent me a acad drawing showing where their proposed roads will be so i can compare where my drives will intersect theirs. But their drawing is in metric system. So all of their dimensions are in meters. I need that dimensions to be feet. Is their a way to scale the drawing so th edimensions come out in the SI system and not the metric system w/o using the scale command and selecting the entire drawing and put the factor in as 3.28.

 

[KennyB]

Don't "scale" it!! Just go to "units" and set to your desired system. Also, go to Dim Style and set dimensions to your required system. As long as the original drawing creator kept all geometry @ 1:1 life will be good. If not, then "scale-away"!

 

[knobhead]

The SI system IS metres. (Pedantic, me? )
Course, you could always go the other way round and just scale your drawings to metric...

 

[CDH]

Im using R14 so this may be a little different in later versions.
In the dimension style, under annotation, enable the alternate units and set them to arch. and set the scale to 0.03937 (this assumes the metric units are in mm)
(if it is actually in meters, then the scale would be 39.37
Save this to the style that is used and all of the dimensions should now show both metic and english units.

Hopefully this is what you are wanting, and I didn't misunderstand what you are looking for.

chris

 

[sc]

When using drawings from another company/authority follow these rules:

Rule 1: never alter someone elses drawing without making a copy of it first.
Rule 2: never alter the original.
Rule 3: obey rule 1 & 2.

Keep to these rules because if something goes wrong then you always have an original drawing and can easily trace any errors.

Follow CDHs' idea as it allows you to add a dimension which enables you to compare units directly. It also means that you don't have to scale a drawing and risk mucking it up, you also don't have to alter your own cad settings.

regards
sc