bhagood Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Hello. I have a cabinet shop, and we work in inches, yet use European hardware that is mostly metric. Is there a vectorscript or something out there that would allow me to have both english and metric dimensions in one viewport/document. These are our shop documents that we build off of. As of now, you set the unit preference in the document preferences panel, and that applies to every single dimension you pull in the whole document. Oh, and lets not turn this into a "Metric is better than English" discussion please: I already know that. ;-) Any advice is appreciated! BH Quote Link to comment
bcd Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 It's already provided for in VW. File>Document Settings>Dual Dimensions When creating a dimension select one of the ASME Dual dimension standards of create your own custom standard. Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 You can change the dimension standard for any individual dimension (or even multiple selected dimensions) in the Object Info Palette. As bcd says, by default VW ships with the two ASME dual dimensions already set up. If you don't like the markers/leaders/etc. of the ASME dimensions, create your own. To create a dimension standard go to File:Document Setting:Document Preferences and go to the Dimensions tab. Select a dimensions standard your like (it will be used as the template), and click the Custom button. In the next dialog box click the New button and name the new standard. Then select the standard and click the Edit button. In the Edit Custom Dimension Standard dialog box, pick one of the Dual options in the Layout: pulldown. Make sure that Both is selected in the Dual View pull down. Then in File:Document Settings:Units, you can set the units for the primary and secondary dimensions. Quote Link to comment
bhagood Posted August 10, 2010 Author Share Posted August 10, 2010 Precisely what I was looking for... under my nose the whole time: Thanks! Bo Quote Link to comment
Chris D Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Oh, and lets not turn this into a "Metric is better than English" discussion please: I already know that. ;-) BH I've never understood why you say 'English' for Imperial measurements. We English use metric, thank you very much. ;-) Quote Link to comment
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