DXF is in wrong coordinates

Discussion in 'AutoCAD' started by BadBrad, Oct 18, 2003.

  1. BadBrad

    BadBrad Guest

    I have DXF's which have the wrong coordinates in them. If I move the
    drawing to match the correct coordinates, the other corner is way out of
    whack. It's almost like the scale is wrong. Where it should be maybe a
    1,000 metres across it might appear as 7,289 meters across and not
    consistent between the X and Y axes. How do I fix this. Using AutoCAD
    2002.
     
    BadBrad, Oct 18, 2003
    #1
  2. BadBrad

    Huw Guest

    Try MOVE ALL so that one point is correct, then ROTATE ALL so one bearing
    from that point is correct, finally SCALE ALL about that point so the
    distance along the bearing is correct. If you're lucky everything is now
    aligned...
     
    Huw, Oct 20, 2003
    #2
  3. BadBrad

    Huw Guest

    It *might* be that map projections are involved here.
     
    Huw, Oct 21, 2003
    #3
  4. BadBrad

    Huw Guest

    Quite. The original post suggested to me that projections might be involved
    but as they are using vanilla Acad, not Map, move-rotate-scale is the only
    thing they can try.
     
    Huw, Oct 22, 2003
    #4
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