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2 In the Drawing Units dialog box under Length, select a unit format and
precision.
The Sample Output area shows an example of the unit format at the
current precision.
3 Choose OK.
Command line UNITS
To convert a drawing from inches to centimeters
1 From the Modify menu, choose Scale.
2 At the Select Objects prompt, enter all.
All objects in the drawing are selected for scaling.
3 Enter a base point of *0,0.
Scaling will be relative to the world coordinate system origin and the
location of the drawing origin will remain at the WCS origin.
4 Enter a scale factor of 2.54 (there are 2.54 centimeters per inch).
All objects in the drawing are now 2.54 times larger, corresponding to the
equivalent distance in centimeters.
Modify toolbar
Command line
SCALE
To convert a drawing from centimeters to inches
1 From the Modify menu, choose Scale.
2 At the Select Objects prompt, enter all.
All objects in the drawing are selected for scaling.
3 Enter a base point of *0,0.
Scaling is performed relative to the world coordinate system origin, and
the location of the drawing origin will remain at the WCS origin.
4 Enter a scale factor of 0.3937 (there are 2.54 centimeters per inch).
All objects in the drawing are now smaller, corresponding to the equiva-
lent distance in inches.
Modify toolbar
Command line
SCALE