DXF files. How do you guys open them in Illustrator to scale so they aren't huge?!

[chris1]

@rubbersoul79

My problem is what percent to scale it by. The original size is massive, fit artboard won’t work and I am just taking a shot in the dark at the percentage. 10% was even too big. Is there no information in the file itself that can tell the software what it is supposed to be?

You shouldn’t have to scale it. If the DXF is meant to be in millimeters, then importing it as inches will make it too big. I would leave everything else at 100% or original size, and 1:1, and just mess with the units dropdown. Unless of course the DXF file is pathological, which is always possible. But in my experience I’ve only ever needed to adjust the units.