feet inches fractions

[davehaigh]

I'm sure this has been asked before. How do I display dimensions on a drawing in feet, inches, & fractions?

If I have to modify the part units, ok, but I'd prefer not to.

Actually both solutions would be good.

David Haigh
Phone: 925-424-3931
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Lawrence Livermore National Lab
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Livermore, CA 94550


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[wfalco]

I asked this not too long ago and I am pretty sure I did a summary.
You'd have to look it up. If not I may have it somewhere.

[BenLoosli]

May 7, 2012 4:25PM, Wayne summarized with:

Only one response to this. Thanks Bill Chapman.

Set these options in the config.pro to get dimensions in feet and
inches:

! Use these to dimension in feet inches (5' 3")
USE_MAJOR_UNITS YES
CREATE_FRACTION_DIM YES
DIM_FRACTION_DENOMINATOR 16


Thank you,

Ben H. Loosli
USEC, INC.

[wfalco]

Thanks Ben! I feel like I have something more. Will have to look.

[davehaigh]

I think the answers given need some clarification. You need settings in both the config.pro and the detail setup file.

Detail Setup options

[davehaigh]

One correction.
The Drawing_units = foot detail setup option is not one you want. It makes the text height, dimension arrows, etc. measured in feet.

David Haigh

[davehaigh]

One last thing, typically when you are showing feet, inches, and fractions, you don't want to show tolerances.

So you should add this to the config.pro
Tol_mode nominal

I'm going to create a new .dtl file and a config file with the options it needs and then create a mapkey to load them when I need them.

David Haigh

[wfalco]

David,

Its all good! Thanks. I am saving this in my tips folder.

Wayne