Blocks are inserted at the wrong scale when creating layouts from Design Center or from template in AutoCAD

Autodesk Support

Oct 8, 2023

Products and versions covered

Issue:

When dragging Layouts from Design Center into another drawing, or using the From Template option to create a new Layout, some or all of the blocks on the Layout are inserted at a different and incorrect scale. This can also happen when using the INSERT command.

Causes:

There is an existing block definition with the same name as the content being brought in. As a result, the newer content is not used and an instance of the existing block gets inserted, instead.
The drawing contains corruption.
UNITS might not fit to the DWGUNITS

Solution:

Before inserting the new content, delete any instances of the block(s) with the same name, and then run a Purge > All.
To repair your drawing please see the following article: How to repair corrupt AutoCAD files.
Set UNITS and DWGUNITS to the same unit for AutoCAD vertical products

Products:

AutoCAD for Mac; AutoCAD LT for Mac; AutoCAD Products;

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