topic polygon to cad with different projections in Mapping Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/polygon-to-cad-with-different-projections/m-p/618476#M6716 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am having to use data (polygon)&nbsp;that is WGS 1984 UTM and need to put it into NAD 1983 State Plane.</P><P>I take the shapefile change from WGS to State Plane. I then export to CAD and open up the CAD file to find that the units did not carry over (WGS metric, State Plane Ft) so it is about 3 times less than it should be</P><P></P><P>Any suggestions</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 12 Jan 2017 17:02:47 GMT MikeFroese 2017-01-12T17:02:47Z polygon to cad with different projections https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/polygon-to-cad-with-different-projections/m-p/618476#M6716 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am having to use data (polygon)&nbsp;that is WGS 1984 UTM and need to put it into NAD 1983 State Plane.</P><P>I take the shapefile change from WGS to State Plane. I then export to CAD and open up the CAD file to find that the units did not carry over (WGS metric, State Plane Ft) so it is about 3 times less than it should be</P><P></P><P>Any suggestions</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 12 Jan 2017 17:02:47 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/polygon-to-cad-with-different-projections/m-p/618476#M6716 MikeFroese 2017-01-12T17:02:47Z Re: polygon to cad with different projections https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/polygon-to-cad-with-different-projections/m-p/618477#M6717 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Just to clarify, you are using the Project tool and not the Define Projection tool I hope in the projection of the shapefile</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 12 Jan 2017 17:45:05 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/polygon-to-cad-with-different-projections/m-p/618477#M6717 DanPatterson_Retired 2017-01-12T17:45:05Z