https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Archicad-vs-Autocad-compatibility-question-for-noob/m-p/124646#M12982 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><R>I apologise if my question seems naive, but could anyone confirm whether an element (say a wall for example) can become smaller/bigger lenghtwise when exchanging DWG files between Archicad and Autocad ?<BR /> <BR /> Since both programs use calculations instead of vectors, i would say no, but i would just need to be on the safe side. <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_confused.gif" style="display : inline;" /><BR /> (this of course while not altering the scale factor intentionally)</R></DIV> Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:25:47 GMT Anonymous 2011-06-08T17:25:47Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Archicad-vs-Autocad-compatibility-question-for-noob/m-p/124646#M12982 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><R>I apologise if my question seems naive, but could anyone confirm whether an element (say a wall for example) can become smaller/bigger lenghtwise when exchanging DWG files between Archicad and Autocad ?<BR /> <BR /> Since both programs use calculations instead of vectors, i would say no, but i would just need to be on the safe side. <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_confused.gif" style="display : inline;" /><BR /> (this of course while not altering the scale factor intentionally)</R></DIV> Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:25:47 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Archicad-vs-Autocad-compatibility-question-for-noob/m-p/124646#M12982 Anonymous 2011-06-08T17:25:47Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Archicad-vs-Autocad-compatibility-question-for-noob/m-p/124647#M12983 Everything will stay the same size but you need to make sure you are using the same units of measurement in both programs.<BR /> i.e. millimeters, meters or feet/inches, etc.<BR /> Otherwise all elements will be out of scale by the conversion factor between the different units.<BR /> Barry. Thu, 09 Jun 2011 03:47:30 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Archicad-vs-Autocad-compatibility-question-for-noob/m-p/124647#M12983 Barry Kelly 2011-06-09T03:47:30Z