-DWGUNITS command

Sets the units and the drawing unit display format for the current drawing and decides how to scale entities in the Model and Paper spaces based on the new units.

BricsCAD Lite; BricsCAD Pro; BricsCAD Mechanical; BricsCAD BIM

Method

Choose a drawing unit and the drawing unit display format, and decide whether to scale entities in the current drawing to reflect unit changes and whether to scale entities in Paper Space.

Options within the command

Drawing units
Lists available drawing units on the Command line.
Unit for length
Allows you to set a unit for length.
Drawing unit display formats
Lists the available drawing unit display formats on the Command line.
Linear display format
Allows you to set the linear display format.
Linear display precision
Allows you to set the linear display precision.
Scale entities from other drawings upon insert?
Allows you to decide whether to scale entities from another drawing when inserting.
Yes
Scales entities from other drawings when inserted.
No
Does not scale entities from other drawings when inserted.
Match INSUNITS to drawing units?
Allows you to decide whether to match INSUNITS with drawing units.
Yes
Matches INSUNITS to drawing units.
No
Does not match INSUNITS to drawing units.
Scale entities in current drawing to reflect change in units?
Allows you to decide whether to scale entities in the current drawing to reflect the change in unit.
Yes
Scales entities in the current drawing to reflect the change in unit.
No
Does not scale entities in current drawing to reflect the change in unit.
Include entities in Paper Space?
Allows you to decide whether to scale entities in Paper Space.
Yes
Scales entities in Paper Space.
No
Does not scales entities in Paper Space.