What does this mean for you as the designer? You need to be extremely diligent in confirming the units.
So the term 'unitless' is misleading it's very much hard set to a unit type. So no matter what you change the units of the drawing to be, the line will still extend from 0,0 to 10,10. Note there is no Unit specified – just the numeric coordinates. The definition of a line in AutoCAD is always something like ' 0,0 – 10,10.' In this case, the line is extending from the coordinates 0,0 to the coordinates 10,10. Having scaling issues with your blocks? See our Blocks Coming In at the Wrong Scale article.Ī Note on CAD Units: AutoCAD is considered 'unitless' by design. If you have already begun work on a site design and are running into issues resulting from your Units and Scale settings being off, you can address the problem by verifying and correcting your units and scale. You can prevent any number of problems by ALWAYS setting your units and scale before you begin work on a drawing. Units and Scale are two of the most important settings in an AutoCAD drawing.
