MHBrown Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Is there some way to set units in a sheet layer? I have many sheet layers in my project. Some need to be dimensioned in feet and inches, some in inches, some in fractional, some in decimal. I realize you can set Units the the global document prefs, but this is not useful in a document with 20 saved sheets. This is a pretty fundamental thing since I can't imagine a project where everything would be dimensioned using one units system. I went to the Edit Sheet in the OIP, but there was almost nothing there. I'm probably missing something simple. I know there is the dual dimensions pref, but that is a work-around and also only gives you two AND is probably a global pref AND requires you to turn on/turn off. It's a pain. This is in the latest version of VW2016 Architect. Thanks for any help. MHBrown 1 Quote Link to comment
IanH Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 (edited) You scale and annotate in the viewports. So a sheet can contain many viewports potentially with multiple scales. The sheet is just a repository for the viewports, you do very little directly on the sheet. Edited April 6, 2016 by IanH Quote Link to comment
Art V Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 One way to solve this would be an option to set the units in a dimension style, i.e. you can set a dimension style to use feet only and another dimension style to use inches only or feet and inches. Not sure if this has been wished before. Quote Link to comment
P Retondo Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 MH, you have a great idea. To have maximum flexibility, it would be ideal to be able to choose units on a per viewport and per dimension basis. It is possible to do what you want with the following workaround involving a custom dual-dimension style: 1. Create a dual dimension style for your document 2. Set the dual dimension units you desire using document preferences (e.g., primary ft&in, secondary in) 3. When you place a dimension, go to the OIP (Object Info Palette) and change the style to your dual dimension, then set the option for that dimension to "Dual view: Secondary Only" from the dropdown list. That dimension would display in inches instead of ft & inches. Quote Link to comment
MHBrown Posted April 7, 2016 Author Share Posted April 7, 2016 Thanks, Pete, that's what I do now and that is helpful to a degree. That, however, only gives you two units. I often work with non-North American clients and need to change to Metric along with the English units. There are many other reasons a professional drawing app shouldn't limit you to two drawing units. In short, this is something that needs to be done via the Viewport OIP. This is really very simple. Find some old timer who used to draft by hand and mimic his work flow. You will find that different drawings at different detail levels merit different units. You would use feet and inches to dimension a site's boundaries and the house sitting on it, but you wouldn't use feet and inches to dimension one of the bricks. Pretty basic stuff and I'm surprised it is missing from VW. Guess I'll "wish list" it. MHBrown Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 It seems to me the simple wish list item here is to have units associated with dimension styles.... then you could just switch dimension styles whenever you needed something different than your standard. KM 1 Quote Link to comment
rDesign Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 It seems to me the simple wish list item here is to have units associated with dimension styles.... then you could just switch dimension styles whenever you needed something different than your standard. KM +1 I completely agree ^^^^ 2 Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted April 7, 2016 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted April 7, 2016 Crosslinking: https://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=225723 Quote Link to comment
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