auto scaling from cad

[Buzzard]

For over a year, we have been drawing on autocad and pulling up in design edge without a problem. Now, every dxf we pull up off of cad, the drawing is really small and in the home area of the table. Before, the drawing came up off the table area, but it was to scale and we could just drag it into place. Some of the parts we cut are precision parts. We tried a new flash drive but no dice. New hands have been on the plasma cam. Could a setting change be causing this problem?

[1MORECUT]

Are you up to date with the software ?? Its at 4.44 .

John

[_Ogre]

check that you're exporting/importing in the same units

[rdj357]

Unless you have the metric units upgrade for Design Edge, it is operating in inches and I know of no way to change that. I use multiple programs to create and save dxf files. One of them only exports in cm, Design Edge is only in inches, and one can switch between the two.

Autocad however can be changed but I don't use it so I don't know other than to tell you to look for the drawing setup screen.

If your drawings are coming into Design Edge *and* Design Edge is in inches, your units in the dxf must be larger. You probably have AutoCad set to meters or feet. Change it to inches and you should be fine.