Set Up the Prototype Units

The units in Advance Steel control what type of drawing will be produced: either Imperial or Metric.

  1. Set the AutoCAD units: Type _units in the command line and set the units as required in the Drawing Units dialog. It is important to specify the insertion scale to match the unit lengths on the sheet. This ensures that the blocks are correctly scaled:


  2. In the Home tab Settings panel, click (Project settings...).
  3. Set the units as required, in the Project data dialog: