[Qgis-user] Exporting QGIS to AutoCAD DXF in Metric Units

[Nicolas Cadieux]

Hi,

DXF file, to my knowledge have no unit information.  Unit is defined in 
AutoCad.  Various version of AutoCad have their own way of doing this. 
EPSG 26917 is in meters therefore the export unit will be meters.

Nicolas

On 2022-10-03 3:13 p.m., Wong, Gordon via Qgis-user wrote:
>
> Hi QGIS team,
>
> I am currently using QGIS 3.16.16. My data are typically represented 
> by contours and they are in metres. I always use the coordinate system 
> EPSG 26917 for my work. However, whenever I export the contours using 
> the “Save Feature As” function on QGIS to an AutoCAD DXF file. The 
> default DXF file is in feet and I have to manually change the units on 
> AutoCAD to metric. The scaling of the contours is correct in AutoCAD 
> though. Is there any way to make sure the exported DXF is in metric units?
>
> Thank you very much for the help!
>
> Sincerely,
>
>         Gordon
>
>
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