This is still an issue in 2023. I've figured out that it seems to only happen when you work with a PDF that already has an inherent Scale set for the drawing.
If I use measurement tool to draw up a square for area, after I've set the scale & ratio of the drawing to 1 mm = 0.1 m for example, I get a weird answer that I can see is not in m².
To bypass this, I go to Edit - Preference - Measuring (2D) and UNTICK the "Use Scale and Units from Document (when present)".
After doing this, the markups on the PDF then appear correctly, showing me the results of the area I'm marking up in the correct m² units I require.
But when I then Export the measurement markup to Excel, it reverts to the previous problematic settings (which I believe is because this drawing already contains scale and units).
Hope this helps in debugging the issue.
Any tips of how to bypass this?
Is there a way to access a drawing's inherent scale and units and somehow overwrite it?
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This is still an issue in 2023. I've figured out that it seems to only happen when you work with a PDF that already has an inherent Scale set for the drawing.
If I use measurement tool to draw up a square for area, after I've set the scale & ratio of the drawing to 1 mm = 0.1 m for example, I get a weird answer that I can see is not in m².
To bypass this, I go to Edit - Preference - Measuring (2D) and UNTICK the "Use Scale and Units from Document (when present)".
After doing this, the markups on the PDF then appear correctly, showing me the results of the area I'm marking up in the correct m² units I require.
But when I then Export the measurement markup to Excel, it reverts to the previous problematic settings (which I believe is because this drawing already contains scale and units).
Hope this helps in debugging the issue.
Any tips of how to bypass this?
Is there a way to access a drawing's inherent scale and units and somehow overwrite it?