How Do I Change The Units In AutoCAD?

This tutorial will teach you how to change the units in AutoCAD. It is very easy and can be done in a few steps: Open the “Options” window by going to “File” and then “Options”. Go to the “Units” tab at the top of the window. Change your desired units from inches (in) or millimeters (mm). Click on “OK” and you are done!

How To Set Your Drawing Units In AutoCAD?

The best way to set your drawing units is to set it to a unit that you are most comfortable with. The only thing that may be a problem is if you are working with someone who is using a different unit, then it may be hard for you to communicate your ideas. The drawing units are the way you measure your drawing. They are usually set in millimeters, inches, picas, points, or pixels. Setting your drawing units is important because it determines how large or small your drawings will be when you print them.

How do I make sure my dimensions are accurate?

This section will teach you how to make sure your dimensions are accurate. The first step is to determine the length of the object that you are measuring in millimeters or inches. Next, you need to measure the thickness in millimeters or inches. Finally, measure the depth of the object in millimeters or inches. If your measurements are not accurate enough, you can use a ruler to measure and mark off each dimension on your object. Then use a protractor to find out how much is left over when calculating the dimensions of an object, or if it is too wide or too narrow for its depth and thickness.

Course Content

Introduction of AutoCAD

4m 13s

How to use LearnVern

3m 20s

How to change Workspace in AutoCAD

4m 47s

How to set units in drawing

3m 3s

How to use zoom and pan command

4m 26s

How to draw a line

5m 32s

How to draw line using co-ordinate system

5m 59s

How to draw rectangle

5m 21s

How to draw a circle

8m 6s

How to draw ellipse

4m 59s

How to draw polygon

5m 7s

How to draw arc

9m 2s

How to draw revision cloud

4m 26s

How to draw spline

5m 25s

How to draw polyline

6m 43s

How to draw construction line, ray and multiple points

9m 38s

How to select drawing and types of selection.

4m 36s

How to use move command

4m 45s

How to use copy command to copy any object

4m 27s

How to use stretch command

3m 34s

How to use scale command

3m 54s

How to use rotate command

5m 2s

How to use mirror command

3m 28s

How to use offset command

6m 47s

What is rectangular array and how to use it?

9m 7s

What is polar and What is path array and how to we can use it?

9m 21s

How to use fillet command

5m 25s

How to use chemfer command

6m 18s

How to use trim command

6m 57s

How to use extend command

4m 49s

How to use break, join, erase and oops, undo and redo commands

8m 19s

How to use solid, donut, fill and fill mode

6m 30s

How to use lengthen command

5m 24s

How to draw multiline and style

10m 5s

How to use divide and measure command

5m 57s

how to use function keys and ortho key.

5m 15s

How to use osnap function key

14m 48s

How to use grid and snap function keys.

4m 53s

How to use polar, otrack and dynamic input?

How to use function key and isocircle.

11m 2s

Which are the different types of hutches and how to use it

Which are the different types of boundry and other options of hatch

6m 52s

How to measure the object using inquiry command

7m 20s

How to creating dimension using dimension tools

7m 47s

How to modifying the dimension

12m 33s

How to create new dimension style and which are the options

27m 22s

How to work with multileader

7m 45s

How to create text using single line text and multiline text

13m 2s

How to create new text style and how to edit old text style

4m 2s

How to create table and which are the new table style

8m 13s

How to edit table and how to import table from excel

4m 54s

How to change object color, line type, and line type scale

7m 23s

How to create layers

5m 53s

How to use layer dropdown menu

7m 29s

How to import and export layer files using layer states manager

4m 51s

How to change line weight and how to use match property

6m 10s

How to hide and isolate objects

2m 36s

How to copy, cut, and paste object

3m 5s

How to paste object with same coordinate? what is use of paste special and how to use paste special and paste as a block

7m 1s

How to create group and use of group command

How to create block using block command

5m 20s

How to use block using insert block command

7m 42s

How to create own library in autoCAD using write block

5m 2s

How to use attribute definition

3m 32s

How to defining a block with attributes

6m 48s

How to attatch any file in the drawing using xref command

4m 48s

How to use attaching and overlaying xref

4m 38s

How to remove xref file in the drawing

7m 4s

How to Design Center and Tool Paletts

11m 53s

How to create layout

7m 55s

How to create title block using attribute block and template

15m 42s

How to use etrasmit

4m 10s

How to ploting drawing & conversion to pdf,jpg,png & other format

5m 53s

Exercise of Array

33s

Exercise Of Assambly

33s

Exercise Of Circle,Line,Trim

38s

Exercise Of Fillet Circle Polygon

21s

Exercise Of Isomatric Drawing

33s

Isometric Project

16m 28s

Mechanical Project

8m 25s

How to change Workspace and Visual Style for 3D

4m 24s

How to Create Box Cylinder and Cone

14m 52s

How to Create Sphere Pyramid Wedge and Torus

10m 42s

How To Use Extrude Command

5m 15s

How To Use Revolve Command

4m 55s

How To Use Sweep Command

6m 25s

How To Use Loft Command

2m 47s

How To Use Presspull Command

3m 7s

How to Create Wall with Poly solid, Extrude and Press pull

9m 10s

How to Use Boolean Operation

7m 58s

How To Use Ucs and Dynamic Ucs Command

13m 10s

How To Use 3D Orbit Command?

2m 58s

How To Use 3D Array Command

4m 58s

How To Use 3D Rotate Command

6m 6s

How To Use 3D Move Command

1m 53s

How To Use 3D Mirror Command

6m 15s

How To Use Align And 3D Align Command

4m 40s

How To Use Slice Command

7m 30s

How To Use Imprint and Solid Edit Command

5m 28s

How To Use Taper Face, Extrude Face and Offset face

5m 27s

How To Use Shell Command

2m 49s

How To Use Fillet Edge and Chamfer Command

5m 42s

How To Use Extract and Offset Edges Command

4m 45s

How To Use Interfere Command

3m 4s

How To Use Section

6m 30s

How To Use Planar and network Command

3m 30s

How To Use Extrude Command in 3D

2m 53s

How To Use Revolve Command in 3D

2m 49s

How To Use Sweep and Loft Command

4m 8s

How To Use Blend, Patch, Offset and extend commands

8m 40s

How To Use Trim, Untrim and fillet Commands

2m 52s

How To Material Applying Editing

11m 43s

How To Applying Lighting And Rendering

11m 14s

AutoCAD 3D Exercise

2m 43s

AutoCAD 3D Project-1

13m 3s

AutoCAD 3D Project-2

12m 30s

AutoCAD Final Quizes

11h 45m

How to set units in drawing

AutoCAD Mechanical Introduction of AutoCAD

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Discussion

Course Content

Introduction of AutoCAD

4m 13s

How to use LearnVern

3m 20s

How to change Workspace in AutoCAD

4m 47s

How to set units in drawing

3m 3s

How to use zoom and pan command

4m 26s

How to draw a line

5m 32s

How to draw line using co-ordinate system

5m 59s

How to draw rectangle

5m 21s

How to draw a circle

8m 6s

How to draw ellipse

4m 59s

How to draw polygon

5m 7s

How to draw arc

9m 2s

How to draw revision cloud

4m 26s

How to draw spline

5m 25s

How to draw polyline

6m 43s

How to draw construction line, ray and multiple points

9m 38s

How to select drawing and types of selection.

4m 36s

How to use move command

4m 45s

How to use copy command to copy any object

4m 27s

How to use stretch command

3m 34s

How to use scale command

3m 54s

How to use rotate command

5m 2s

How to use mirror command

3m 28s

How to use offset command

6m 47s

What is rectangular array and how to use it?

9m 7s

What is polar and What is path array and how to we can use it?

9m 21s

How to use fillet command

5m 25s

How to use chemfer command

6m 18s

How to use trim command

6m 57s

How to use extend command

4m 49s

How to use break, join, erase and oops, undo and redo commands

8m 19s

How to use solid, donut, fill and fill mode

6m 30s

How to use lengthen command

5m 24s

How to draw multiline and style

10m 5s

How to use divide and measure command

5m 57s

how to use function keys and ortho key.

5m 15s

How to use osnap function key

14m 48s

How to use grid and snap function keys.

4m 53s

How to use polar, otrack and dynamic input?

How to use function key and isocircle.

11m 2s

Which are the different types of hutches and how to use it

Which are the different types of boundry and other options of hatch

6m 52s

How to measure the object using inquiry command

7m 20s

How to creating dimension using dimension tools

7m 47s

How to modifying the dimension

12m 33s

How to create new dimension style and which are the options

27m 22s

How to work with multileader

7m 45s

How to create text using single line text and multiline text

13m 2s

How to create new text style and how to edit old text style

4m 2s

How to create table and which are the new table style

8m 13s

How to edit table and how to import table from excel

4m 54s

How to change object color, line type, and line type scale

7m 23s

How to create layers

5m 53s

How to use layer dropdown menu

7m 29s

How to import and export layer files using layer states manager

4m 51s

How to change line weight and how to use match property

6m 10s

How to hide and isolate objects

2m 36s

How to copy, cut, and paste object

3m 5s

How to paste object with same coordinate? what is use of paste special and how to use paste special and paste as a block

7m 1s

How to create group and use of group command

How to create block using block command

5m 20s

How to use block using insert block command

7m 42s

How to create own library in autoCAD using write block

5m 2s

How to use attribute definition

3m 32s

How to defining a block with attributes

6m 48s

How to attatch any file in the drawing using xref command

4m 48s

How to use attaching and overlaying xref

4m 38s

How to remove xref file in the drawing

7m 4s

How to Design Center and Tool Paletts

11m 53s

How to create layout

7m 55s

How to create title block using attribute block and template

15m 42s

How to use etrasmit

4m 10s

How to ploting drawing & conversion to pdf,jpg,png & other format

5m 53s

Exercise of Array

33s

Exercise Of Assambly

33s

Exercise Of Circle,Line,Trim

38s

Exercise Of Fillet Circle Polygon

21s

Exercise Of Isomatric Drawing

33s

Isometric Project

16m 28s

Mechanical Project

8m 25s

How to change Workspace and Visual Style for 3D

4m 24s

How to Create Box Cylinder and Cone

14m 52s

How to Create Sphere Pyramid Wedge and Torus

10m 42s

How To Use Extrude Command

5m 15s

How To Use Revolve Command

4m 55s

How To Use Sweep Command

6m 25s

How To Use Loft Command

2m 47s

How To Use Presspull Command

3m 7s

How to Create Wall with Poly solid, Extrude and Press pull

9m 10s

How to Use Boolean Operation

7m 58s

How To Use Ucs and Dynamic Ucs Command

13m 10s

How To Use 3D Orbit Command?

2m 58s

How To Use 3D Array Command

4m 58s

How To Use 3D Rotate Command

6m 6s

How To Use 3D Move Command

1m 53s

How To Use 3D Mirror Command

6m 15s

How To Use Align And 3D Align Command

4m 40s

How To Use Slice Command

7m 30s

How To Use Imprint and Solid Edit Command

5m 28s

How To Use Taper Face, Extrude Face and Offset face

5m 27s

How To Use Shell Command

2m 49s

How To Use Fillet Edge and Chamfer Command

5m 42s

How To Use Extract and Offset Edges Command

4m 45s

How To Use Interfere Command

3m 4s

How To Use Section

6m 30s

How To Use Planar and network Command

3m 30s

How To Use Extrude Command in 3D

2m 53s

How To Use Revolve Command in 3D

2m 49s

How To Use Sweep and Loft Command

4m 8s

How To Use Blend, Patch, Offset and extend commands

8m 40s

How To Use Trim, Untrim and fillet Commands

2m 52s

How To Material Applying Editing

11m 43s

How To Applying Lighting And Rendering

11m 14s

AutoCAD 3D Exercise

2m 43s

AutoCAD 3D Project-1

13m 3s

AutoCAD 3D Project-2

12m 30s

How to set units in drawing

How To Set Unit in Drawing in AutoCAD

In the last video we have seen that how to change workspace in AutoCAD, in this video now we will see that how to set unit and how to change units in AutoCAD in drawing.

First of all what is unit, units are a measurement system, in which we have two basic units, Empirical unit and Metric unit.

Empirical unit is old British unit system which is used in US now a days, which includes yards, feets, inches. While Metric is Standard unit system which uses kilometres, metres, centimetres, millimetres for measurements.

To set unit we can write 'unit' in our command section and then press enter, one dialogue box of drawing units will appear, we are given settings for Length and Angle.

In length we have different types such as, Fractional, Engineering, Decimal, Architectural, and Scientific. We will select Decimal as we want to work in centimetres and metres.

Below we can select which unit should be inserted for our content, we will select 'millimetres' and set it's precision from it's column as '0.0'.

We can select the standard of our unit also, we will select 'International'.

We are also given different types of angle, such as Decimal degrees, Deg/Min/Sec, Grads, Radians, Surveyor's Units. We will use Decimal degrees and set it's precision.

After setting all the unit options we can click 'Okay' and continue.

By these following steps we can set units in AutoCAD.

FAQs

This tutorial will teach you how to change the units in AutoCAD. It is very easy and can be done in a few steps:

Open the “Options” window by going to “File” and then “Options”.
Go to the “Units” tab at the top of the window.
Change your desired units from inches (in) or millimeters (mm).
Click on “OK” and you are done!

The best way to set your drawing units is to set it to a unit that you are most comfortable with. The only thing that may be a problem is if you are working with someone who is using a different unit, then it may be hard for you to communicate your ideas.
The drawing units are the way you measure your drawing. They are usually set in millimeters, inches, picas, points, or pixels. Setting your drawing units is important because it determines how large or small your drawings will be when you print them.

The dimension units of a model in AutoCAD can be changed by using the Dimension Style Manager.

The Dimension Style Manager is a palette that is used to change the dimension units of a model in AutoCAD. It is located on the right side of the screen and can be accessed by clicking on it.

This palette has two tabs, one for setting up new styles and one for editing existing ones. The existing tab has four options:

New Style: This option will allow you to create a new style
Edit Style: This option will allow you to edit an existing style
Delete Style: This option will allow you to delete an existing style
Apply To Selection: This option will apply the edited or created style to all selected objects

This section will teach you how to make sure your dimensions are accurate. The first step is to determine the length of the object that you are measuring in millimeters or inches. Next, you need to measure the thickness in millimeters or inches. Finally, measure the depth of the object in millimeters or inches.
If your measurements are not accurate enough, you can use a ruler to measure and mark off each dimension on your object. Then use a protractor to find out how much is left over when calculating the dimensions of an object, or if it is too wide or too narrow for its depth and thickness.

A linear dimension is a measure of length that is used to measure the distance between two points. It is also known as a straight line. A radial dimension, on the other hand, is a measure of distance that is used to measure the distance from the center point of an object.

The difference between these two dimensions can be seen in this diagram:

In this diagram, you can see that the blue line represents a linear dimension while the green circle represents a radial dimension. The green circle has a radius of 10 centimeters while the blue line has a length of 20 centimeters.