Block Scale Issues

[Anne Hathaway]

Now that I am using the button macro ..\(getvar"dimscale");;....to insert blocks I now find that only some are scaled so that they insert to the correct scale.What scale should the block drawing itself be drawn in to work correctly with the macro? Is there a way to rescale existing blocks to the correct scale? How do you tell what scale it is in? Help!
Anne

[Anne Hathaway]

Ok, just realized that the same block that scales inself perfectly in one drawing does not in another. Is it the way the drawing is set up? Keep in mind I am using drawings supplied to us by different entities using different methods of drawing setup...eg: civil vs architectural.
Anne

[Eddie]

Yes..this can be due to the drawing setup (IE. Units set, Measurement Variable (imperial or metric) ect.)

[Anne Hathaway]

How can I fix it? I don't know much about drawing set up as I never start a drawing from scratch.
Anne

[Anne Hathaway]

Ok, I figured out how to set the drawing scale, by going to project menu, drawing setup, scale tab, and choosing a horizontal and vertical scale. now the getvar"dimscale" part of the macro works with the ibox2 block, but when i try it with another block, say the 1box7, the block comes in giant! So I am guessing that the block drawing itself need to be scaled correctly. Is this right?
Anne

[Anne Hathaway]

And scaled to what?

[CarLB]

I would say the blocks were not drawn at a consistent scale. Maybe one in inches, another in feet. Check block drawing, check some distances, verify. May need to resize the origimnal block drawing, possibly by a factor of 12 if it's the feet/inches thing.

[Anne Hathaway]

I know it looks as if I am having a conversation with myself...Feel free to jump in at any time. On the button macro's for block insertion that I was having the trouble with...coming in way too big...I took out the (getvar"dimscale") and changed it to:
^C^C-layer;m;Ebox;;-insert;"F:/BLOCKS/ELECTRIC BLOCKS/IBOX7";\;;\ ... it promps me for scale and I tell it 1 for x same for y and then askes what rotation then ends. Which works for me...
Still I am wondering if there is a way to "fix" the scale on the blocks so that I can create more block insertion buttons with just the one macro with the (getvar"dimscale") rather than having to have two different macro's according to what the block properties are?
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[Anne Hathaway]

Thanks CarlB,
I'll try looking at the properties of the blocks and see if I can figure out what the problem is.
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