Entering Imperial Dimensions

[Boro Nut]

I have a customer who wants his drawings in imperial units. (They're American bless 'em). Normally I'd just draft it in millimeteres (so no issue with block scaling) and then overwrite the dimensions manually. But just for a laugh I thought I might try doing it in imperial from scratch.

 

I understand all the scaling and units issues, but exactly how do you enter the required imperial dimensions in the command line? For instance, if I have enabled acrchitectural and inch units at 1/16" precision, do I have to calculate and enter 1'-6-3/16" in decimal inches (ie 18.1875)? or is there some way of entering

 

Also, is this true of all imperial style options?

 

What about having two sets of dimensions - ie is it possible to draw and dimension something in metric mm then add a second set of dimensions scaled to 1/25.4 in imperial units? Pros and cons?

 

Boro Nut

[Boro Nut]

Answered my own question already - please ignore

[ReMark]

Did you answer all three of your questions?

[Boro Nut]

Did you answer all three of your questions?

No, I answered the same question three times.

 

I did do a search before I posted, but I'm embarrased to admit I then found the very answer I was looking for in an old old thread. And who posted that thread?

 

Me.

 

And who provide the answer?

 

You of course.

[ReMark]

Looks like we both have short term memory loss.