SETTING THE UNITS IN AUTOCAD

       How to set units in AutoCAD?

Before creating the drawing we must set the unit.However, you must decide what units you will use. One drawing unit could represent one millimetre, one centimetre, one metre, kilometre, mile etc.

We can set drawing units in three ways.

• By entering the short key"UN"

• Application menu >Drawing Utilities>UNITS

• Format>UNITS

      
       Drawing Units Dialog Box

 When you enter Units command ,drawing units dialog box will be displayed.You can  set the unit types
  for length, angle, and insertion scale. You can set the precision for both length and angle units and you
  can also set the angle direction. The precision options are displayed in the selected unit format.
  To set your drawing units, select the appropriate unit in the Length and Angle lists and then set the unit's      precision with the Precision lists for length and angle.

            Guidelines for Setting Units

•  While it is possible to set the drawing units at any time, it is recommended that you do this when you   start a new drawing.

•  Regardless of the current unit setting, you can always enter units in decimal format.

•  To input values in a format other than decimal, you must set the appropriate unit type.