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changing dimensioning units

changing dimensioning units

changing dimensioning units

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I am trying to dimension a part in UG NX4 using hte drafting feature and I can't figure out how to change the dimensions into inches from the default mm. Is this something that I would have to change before/while creating the plan view file or will I be able to amend the file that I have already created?

If you could tell me how/if its possible to get feet and inches as opposed to a single inches value this would be appreciated too, if not then hopefully just telling me how I can change it to inches would be enough.

RE: changing dimensioning units

You can change it to inches under the dimensioning style for individual dimensions or annotation preferences to set the part default you'll find a units tab that will allow you to set the dimensioning units to millimetres, inches, metres, architectural feet and inches or engineering feet and inches.

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Hudson

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RE: changing dimensioning units

However the way the question was worded I can't help but feel that perhaps the real question should have been:

Why is my part defaulting to mm's when I was expecting it to be inches?

Well if you haven't noticed, when you create a new part file you have to decide whether you are going to enter the parameters of your model in inches or millimeters.  This will be an option when you using the File -> New... command.  Note that you can use Customer Default to set what the default is, but even then it can be changed just before you create a new part file.

Therefore, under normal conditions, if your intentions are that you will making an drawing using Imperial Units (inches) versus Metric (mm's) while it is possible to create a drawing using units other than the default (you can even create dual-unit dimensions show a combination of any two units in the same dimension), generally speaking most organizations work in only one base set of units, period.

So make sure that you're actually working in the both the units you need to, but also the ones that you had expected, because if you mess this up, it's not pretty when you have to go back and clean it up if it turns out that the models were created in the wrong units.  Drawings can be fixed very easily, models take a bit more work and the results are not always that satisfying, particularly since the introduction of dimensionality into the Expression system.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/

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