Dimensions in both inches and feet & inches

[George40422]

On one drawing page, may I have several dimensions that are in inches while
there are several other dimensions that are in feet and inches?

I've always started by dragging a dimension from a template that has feet
and inches and then duplicating that where ever I need it.

Thanks
George

 

[WapperDude]

You can right click the dimension shape and then specify the units to be
displayed.

 

[Pedro]

On one drawing page, may I have several dimensions that are in inches
while there are several other dimensions that are in feet and inches?

I've always started by dragging a dimension from a template that has
feet and inches and then duplicating that where ever I need it.

But of course, if you worked in metric units rather than the archaic,
obfuscatory, confusing and utterly idiotic Imperial units, the issue
wouldn't arise

Beats me how the US is the only major industrial country that persists with
the Imperial system, even though they gave the Empire the Big Upraised
Middle Finger over 200 years ago



Even "British" Rugby football has given away the old "22 yard" (1 chain)
line and gone to the "20 metre line" (actually 21.8722659668 yards but let's
not quibble about centimetres)

Of course, renaming the "Imperial" system to the "American" system does not
give it a new lease of credibility - it simply extends the head-in-sand
idiocy - witness NASA's stuff-up some years back because flight engineers
calculated the trajectory in "miles", while the navigation computer
programmer entered it in kilometres .........

At least the US Armed Forces are (I believe) metricated.

Pedro

 

[Paul Herber]

But of course, if you worked in metric units rather than the archaic,
obfuscatory, confusing and utterly idiotic Imperial units, the issue
wouldn't arise

Beats me how the US is the only major industrial country that persists with
the Imperial system, even though they gave the Empire the Big Upraised
Middle Finger over 200 years ago



Even "British" Rugby football has given away the old "22 yard" (1 chain)
line and gone to the "20 metre line" (actually 21.8722659668 yards but let's
not quibble about centimetres)

Of course, renaming the "Imperial" system to the "American" system does not
give it a new lease of credibility - it simply extends the head-in-sand
idiocy - witness NASA's stuff-up some years back because flight engineers
calculated the trajectory in "miles", while the navigation computer
programmer entered it in kilometres .........

At least the US Armed Forces are (I believe) metricated.

I fully understand the US government's dilemma though, to stick with
English units or convert to French! ;-)

 

[Pedro]

I fully understand the US government's dilemma though, to stick with
English units or convert to French! ;-)

Indeed Excellent point!

The Welsh Prince Owain Glyn Dwr failed in his 1400-1412 war against the
English oppressors partly because he allied himself with the French, who
sort of forgot to turn up .....

(Australian of Welsh origin) Pedro