{"id":178786,"date":"2023-08-25T12:15:25","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T12:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-spaceclaim-i-have-spaceclaim-units-set-to-mm-when-i-import-dxf-file-the-units-changes-to-inch-how-to-overcome-this-issue-and-have-units-set-as-mm\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T12:15:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T12:15:25","slug":"ansys-spaceclaim-i-have-spaceclaim-units-set-to-mm-when-i-import-dxf-file-the-units-changes-to-inch-how-to-overcome-this-issue-and-have-units-set-as-mm","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-spaceclaim-i-have-spaceclaim-units-set-to-mm-when-i-import-dxf-file-the-units-changes-to-inch-how-to-overcome-this-issue-and-have-units-set-as-mm\/","title":{"rendered":"ANSYS SpaceClaim: I have SpaceClaim units set to mm. When I import dxf file, the units changes to inch. How to overcome this issue and have units set as mm?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you click File > Open > AutoCAD DXF there are some options in the dialog box. One of them is &#8220;Try to Infer Model Space Units&#8221;. If you disable that option, you should be able to set the units there. Please refer attached image which shows this option.  That option should remain set after you close SpaceClaim.<\/p>\n<p>Attachments:<br \/>\n1. <a href=https:\/\/ansys13.ansys.com\/KnowledgeArticles\/Phase-3\/2048488\/2048488.png>2048488.png<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-178786","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-4422","topic-tag-ansys-spaceclaim-directmodeler","topic-tag-fluid-dynamics","topic-tag-geometry","topic-tag-import-export-ascdm"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_wp_page_template":["default"],"siebel_km_number":["2048488"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["8\/25\/2023 20:20"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27796"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.56.168.180"],"application_name":["ANSYS SpaceClaim DirectModeler"],"family":["Fluid Dynamics"],"km_published_date":["2017-02-24T00:00:00.000Z"],"product_version":["18"],"_btv_view_count":["4723"]},"test":"articlesansys-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/178786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/178786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}