The sprinkler symbols are not appearing at the correct scale.

Prior to placing symbols on the design screen, you should first determine the correct setting for the RainCAD Drawing Units. If the Drawing Units in AutoCAD are set to Architectural or Engineering, in most cases the Drawing Units in the RainCAD Options/Info menu should be set to Inches. If the AutoCAD Drawing Units are set to Decimal, the RainCAD Drawing Units should usually be set to Feet. In addition, when placing equipment symbols on the drawing screen, you will also need to consider the Symbol Scale Factors in the Irrigation Preferences or Lighting Preferences dialog boxes. The Symbol Scale Factors will adjust the size of the equipment symbols when placed on the design. This is an important setting to ensure that the symbols are legible when output to a printing or plotting device. After placing a symbol on the design, deleting the symbol, and adjusting the Drawing Units or Symbol Scale Factors, it is necessary to purge the original block from the drawing for the new scale setting to take effect.

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