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James  
#1 Posted : Monday, May 31, 2021 10:56:40 AM(UTC)
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It's been a long time since I used the forum also punch

I have been sent a drawing dxf but when I open it and check the 1 inch scale box on drawing it's dimention are .38 of a inch how do I get the drawing to the right dimentions

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rokoko  
#2 Posted : Monday, May 31, 2021 11:36:38 AM(UTC)
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maybe you can scale the whole drawing with the scale/stretch tool. i showed a way to scale an image here: http://forum.punchcad.co...sts&t=9783#post37261 (post #8)

instead of the image you could select all objects in the drawing except the two scaling guide lines

Edited by user Monday, May 31, 2021 11:37:46 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

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MPSchmied on 5/31/2021(UTC), specktech on 6/2/2021(UTC)
UGMENTALCASE  
#3 Posted : Monday, May 31, 2021 1:55:00 PM(UTC)
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change scale button in the utilities toolbar
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specktech on 6/2/2021(UTC)
James  
#4 Posted : Tuesday, June 1, 2021 1:51:36 AM(UTC)
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silly me It's was inches and I imported as mm where I should of imported as inches then changed to mm after import

all sorted now but a big thank you for the help

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specktech on 6/2/2021(UTC)
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