siderus Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Can anyone tell me if there is a way to dimension something in all inches for examples 18" instead of 1'-6" Thanx in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahahaavaaha Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Hi, if your units in AutoCAD are set to Architectural, create a new dimensionstyle where you use a Decimal Unit Format and add a Suffix ("). The result will be like this (The millimeter dimensions result in greating a Dimstyle where the Scale factor is set to 2.54 and the suffix to (mm)). HTH Petri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutspinner Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 I do this by setting my dimension style to fractional and then adding the " suffix. The only downside I have found is if you dimension a radius you'll have to modify that particular dimension via properties. troutspinner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Hi, if your units in AutoCAD are set to Architectural, create a new dimensionstyle where you use a Decimal Unit Format and add a Suffix ("). The result will be like this (The millimeter dimensions result in greating a Dimstyle where the Scale factor is set to 2.54 and the suffix to (mm)). [ATTACH]3744[/ATTACH] HTH Petri dude, the MM thing is a great idea. I never thought of doing that before. This should go to the "Contribute a tip" thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leos98 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Hi, if your units in AutoCAD are set to Architectural, create a new dimensionstyle where you use a Decimal Unit Format and add a Suffix ("). The result will be like this (The millimeter dimensions result in greating a Dimstyle where the Scale factor is set to 2.54 and the suffix to (mm)). [ATTACH]3744[/ATTACH] HTH Petri I think that you have the factor wrong. If you factor by 2.54 that should be "cm" instead of "mm". you need to factor by 25.4 to be "mm". or am I reading something wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritch7 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 I think that you have the factor wrong.If you factor by 2.54 that should be "cm" instead of "mm". you need to factor by 25.4 to be "mm". or am I reading something wrong? no you are correct it is 25.4 when on about mm to inches , check the exact factor because it can be different Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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