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Insert entity - scale and units #301

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I guess you are familiar with the scale factor introduced by AutoCad when creating Insert entities due to the relationship between the document insertion units (DxfDocument.DrawingVariables.InsUnits) and the Block units (Insert.Block.Record.Units). When a DXF is created the Insert scale values includes both, the units scale factor and any scale value introduced by the user. When the Insert is imported with netDxf this is undone so the Insert scale property only includes the user scale value and not the units scale. In AutoCad if you check the scale value of the Insert in the properties window you will see that it shows 1, but the document insertion units is meters and the block units is m…

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