AutoCAD/AutoCad Drawing Units

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Expert: - 4/7/2010


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A couple days a week I work from home, bringing drawing files from the office computer to the one at home. The following only happens on my home computer, which is running the exact same AutoCad 2000 program.  On just a couple of drawing files (and only a couple), I am forced to reset the drawing units to 'Architectural' after I save because it automatically converts the file to 'decimal'.  What could be causing this?

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The units are saved with the drawing - you must have some software installed on the home computer that is interfering with or resetting the units. AutoCAD, lisp, or menu add-ons could be suspect. Also you might want to check to see if there are any service packs for your version of AutoCAD, perhaps it is a bug.

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