Re: Units conversion in CAD programs

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "j.guenther" <j.guenther@v...> wrote:

> Good morning,
>
> Does any one out there know if it is possible in a CAD program,
>AutoCAD
> 2000, IntelliCAD, Vector etc to change the dimensioning units from
>mm to
> inches or inches to mm. What I want to be able to do is take a
>drawing in
> mm, select the entire drawing and automatically change the
>dimensioning to
> inches. Is there a utility that will do this or something I am
>missing in
> the CAD programs I have that will let me do this?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> John Guenther

Yes John,
Fastcad will do this.
I have just drawn a square 100 mm square and dimensioned two sides.
I then went into Settings > units and changed from mm to inches, made
sure the rescale box was clicked and pressed OK units changed to
inches and the dimensions changes to 3.937
So three mouse clicks will do a whole drawing.
Demo at http://www.fastcad.com

John S.