Most of our engineering drawings are done in centimeters, so I have to scale everything up to a factor of 10. I think there is software that converts data to the units your machine recognizes automatically when it is processed to code. You may want to use a template. When you start a new drawing you can select the template instead of starting from scratch. Brian Personett, forum technical advisor To choose metric using AutoCAD, click the settings button, then scroll down the list to the units control button.
Select units control and choose decimal.
Your drawing will be done in metric. It is not really metric unless you want it to be but all measurements are done in units of 10, which is really the same thing. E-mail us and let us know what you think. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any manner without permission of the Editor. What is safe for one woodworker under certain conditions may not be safe for others in different circumstances.