Scientific Units: A measurement yields 1.5500E+01 when the length of 15.5 units is included.Here, feet are represented by a single apostrophe (‘) and inches are represented by a double apostrophe (“). It presents feet and inches in decimal and fractional form. The fractional inches are expressed using fractions. Architectural Units: Feet and inches serve as the foundation for architectural components.A maximum of eight decimal places can be entered in AutoCAD. The following units can be used when drawing in AutoCAD:Īny unit, such a meter, millimeter, inch, or other, can be used to represent a decimal unit.ĭecimal units in AutoCAD don’t refer to any specific unit by name, and the software permits dimensions in the form of units, such as 1.85 or 3.365. For example, if you use a dimension to measure a segment of 1000, it means that even if your CAD drawing is set to cm or mm, the measurement value of Dim is still unchanged at 1000. While you should consider carefully which unit convention to choose - cm, mm, or inch - the unit of a drawing has no effect on the measured numerical values in that drawing. 4.4 In AutoCAD, what is the standard unit?.4.2 What makes units crucial in AutoCAD?.3.2 Adjusting Units in AutoCAD by Turning on the Original Template File.
