Exporting .dxf - scaling way off.

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Hello all, Im trying to export line art out of illustrator into .dxf format to be used in Utosketch and Autocad 07. When i do this the scale of the objects is way out. I cant figure this out, has anyone had this problem? solution?

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Illustrator exports .dxf as metric, so if you have a 5 inch line, this is exported as a 127 millimeter line.
The DXF measure standard itself is "units", it doesnt mark them as milimeters, inches, centimeters, feet, meters, etc., just as units so the line is now 127 units long.
If the measurement value in the CAD program is set to Imperial, you get a 127 inch line when imported.
If you then tell the CAD program the measurement value of a unit in the .dxf file is Metric, you should get the expected size when imported.