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Visio2002: Measurement Units Change When You Export a Drawing to AutoCAD DWG or DXF File Format

Article ID: 303092

Article Last Modified on 7/27/2006



APPLIES TO

  • Microsoft Visio 2002 Professional Edition



This article was previously published under Q303092


SYMPTOMS

When you save a Visio drawing in the AutoCAD Drawing (*.dwg) or AutoCAD Interchange (*.dxf) file formats, and the Visio drawing uses millimeters for page units, the CAD file may be saved in inches.

CAUSE

The AutoCAD Drawing (*.dwg) and AutoCAD Interchange (*.dxf) export filters ignore the units of measurement that are specified in the Page Properties dialog box, and use an internal measurement of inches instead.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service release for Microsoft Visio 2002. For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

310463 Visio2002: How to Obtain and Install Visio 2002 Service Release 1




STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Visio 2002 Service Release 1 (SR-1).


Additional query words: visio2002 vso2002 sr-1 sr1 patch fix qfe small 25.4

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe kbhotfixserver KB303092