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As Roger mentioned, I believe you meant to say "...has changed the <i>input
</i>units from feet to inches".<br>
Output display values can be changed at any time. <i>Input</i>
values (database units) can only be changed<br>
in an empty database.<br>
<br>
Layers which are copied from any target drawing to a different
source drawing will automatically inherit<br>
the database units (i.e. feet or inches) of the <i>source </i>drawing...regardless
of the drawings units set in the <i>target </i><br>
drawing. <br>
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The only exception is if the <i>source </i></font>drawing is
completely empty, such as database noname (noname.db).<br>
In the case, the source drawing will automatically inherit the
database units of the <i>target </i>drawing.<br>
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This can happen when layers from an AutoCAD drawing (.dwg) are
translated into an ARRIS database<br>
without indicating you wish to change the database units from feet
to inches along the way. Once there is data (i.e. graphics)<br>
in n ARRIS layer, you can no longer change the database unit
value...unless you clear all the layers or make some crucial <br>
low-level modifications which Roger describes but I would not
necessarily recommend except as a last resort (no offense Roger).<br>
<br>
After an <i>inches-to-feet </i>conversion oversight has been
made, the only way I know of to safely change the inches over to feet
(without <br>
using Roger's nifty workaround) is to copy the layers into another
drawing that already contains a database unit value of feet.<br>
<br>
The Paste From Clipboard function should not have the ability to
override the existing database unit value (i.e. feet) in a non-empty
drawing<br>
regardless of the target drawings database units. If it does, there
is something amiss.<br>
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Robert Head wrote:
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<div><span>I have copied a layer using the clipboard function and
find that it has changed the output display format from feet to
inches. This is an ongoing problem and I know that it has to do with a
database that was translated. <br>
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<div><span>I then go into Arris to try to change it back with the
error message of "Cannot change UNITS - database not empty" although
"Arris" did allow on the copy. This has also rescaled all of my
database by a factor of 3.91836735 including my existing sheets. <br>
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<div><span>Is it possible to make Arris reset the format? as it did
on it's own? <br>
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<div><span>At a loss :-(<br>
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<div>Robert Head<br>
CLM Architect LLC<br>
248 231 4838<br>
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