https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Translator-for-Placed-External-DWGs/m-p/95854#M9425 It uses you current settings (most recently used or default). There is some place to set this apart from at the time of import/export but I forget exactly where it is (I don't have AC open right now). Somewhere under the File menu. Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:06:02 GMT Anonymous 2007-11-30T15:06:02Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Translator-for-Placed-External-DWGs/m-p/95853#M9424 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>Please tell me how to select the translator used when placing external drawings? <BR /> <BR /> When I Open, Merge or Xref a DWG or DXF i get a Settings button or menu to let me select that. But not when I Place an external drawing. Is it using the general translator selected in the File Special&gt;DWGtranslation setup? But why then do I get a Set value of 1 Drawing Unit dialog?</T></DIV> Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:27:34 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Translator-for-Placed-External-DWGs/m-p/95853#M9424 Thomas Holm 2007-11-30T10:27:34Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Translator-for-Placed-External-DWGs/m-p/95854#M9425 It uses you current settings (most recently used or default). There is some place to set this apart from at the time of import/export but I forget exactly where it is (I don't have AC open right now). Somewhere under the File menu. Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:06:02 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Translator-for-Placed-External-DWGs/m-p/95854#M9425 Anonymous 2007-11-30T15:06:02Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Translator-for-Placed-External-DWGs/m-p/95855#M9426 Thanks Matthew. I guess the Set (Drawing unit value) dialog is just a service to the user (since a selecct translator option is missing). Hope for better consistency in the future! Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:58:47 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Translator-for-Placed-External-DWGs/m-p/95855#M9426 Thomas Holm 2007-11-30T16:58:47Z