Dimension not changing from metric to inch

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rcooke88
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Dimension not changing from metric to inch

Post by rcooke88 » Tue Oct 23, 2018 6:35 pm

Hi Folks,

I'm new to QCAD so maybe this is a simple fix but I can't seem to get the dimensions to change from millimeters to inches. I've changed the settings in the Edit|Drawing Preferences but nothing changes. Also the text size won't change as well as the decimal point doesn't show up even though I've set the decimal point to be 4 pixels. I've set the scale to 1" = 1"

Is there a simple fix for this issue?

I'm using Win10 and QCAD v3.21.3

Thanks in advance,

Richard

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Re: Dimension not changing from metric to inch

Post by Husky » Tue Oct 23, 2018 8:05 pm

Hi Richard,
rcooke88 wrote:
Tue Oct 23, 2018 6:35 pm
Hi Folks,

I'm new to QCAD so maybe this is a simple fix but I can't seem to get the dimensions to change from millimeters to inches. I've changed the settings in the Edit|Drawing Preferences but nothing changes.
You have to convert the drawing (Menu/Edit/Convert Drawing Unit). Your Method within the Drawing Preferences will "only" change the name of the Unit. e.g. 120 mm is then 120 inches.
rcooke88 wrote:
Tue Oct 23, 2018 6:35 pm
Also the text size won't change as well as the decimal point doesn't show up even though I've set the decimal point to be 4 pixels. I've set the scale to 1" = 1"
I'm not sure what do you mean with: You set the decimal point to 4 pixel?
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Re: Dimension not changing from metric to inch

Post by rcooke88 » Tue Oct 23, 2018 8:22 pm

Thanks. It's still not working. I think I've got everything set to inches but it still shows a very tiny millimeter value.

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Re: Dimension not changing from metric to inch

Post by andrew » Tue Oct 23, 2018 9:17 pm

If your measurements are "tiny", you will have to scale your drawing to correct the scale of your drawing to 1:1. If a distance that is supposed to be 10" is shown as 1", you'd have to scale by a factor of 10.

If you are referring to the size of the dimension labels as being "tiny", you'd have to adjust the dimension settings under Edit > Drawing Preferences > Dimensions > Dimension Settings:
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