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metric/inch

metric/inch

metric/inch

(OP)
can i change a pre existing file from metric to inches?

RE: metric/inch

(OP)
nice, but i am having a brain fart here, i cant see where to do it?

RE: metric/inch

Search the help docs for Convert Part
since posting the steps would bee much too long.

John Joyce
Manufacturing Engineer
Senior Aerospace CT

RE: metric/inch

(OP)
looks like my help document is not loaded
ahaaaa

RE: metric/inch

If you did not install docs locally, you can read them online Link

Mark Rief
NX CAM Customer Success
Siemens PLM Software

RE: metric/inch

(OP)
i have a file that measures in english in drafting, or when doing an analysis
but when i draw geometry it is in metric?
i have been away from UG a while
not sure how to correct this?

RE: metric/inch

Menu -> Analysis -> Units (insert current selection of units here) -> Units Manager might be a good place to start if the measurement units are what you're stating are incorrect - if it's the part units, then back to ug_convert.

RE: metric/inch

Quote (miked64)

i have a file that measures in english in drafting, or when doing an analysis
but when i draw geometry it is in metric?
i have been away from UG a while
not sure how to correct this?

Go to menu -> analysis -> units and pick lbm - in on the menu. Newly created sketches will use the unit system that you have chosen on this menu. This is handy if you need your part file in one system of units but want to specify sketch dimensions in a different system of units. For example, I recently had to model a small switch where the dimensions on the spec sheet were all metric. All of the files in my assembly are inch; not wanting to add a metric file to my assembly, I simply changed the analysis unit preference and was able to enter all of the metric dimensions directly from the spec sheet into my inch file sketches.

www.nxjournaling.com

RE: metric/inch

(OP)
thanks cowski for your help, i did however not get it to change over.
it is not a show stopper for me though.

RE: metric/inch

Quote (miked64)

I did however not get it to change over.

Are you sure? To check go to information -> part -> loaded parts; the information window will list all the open parts and the unit system of each.

Note: the convert part utility does not convert expressions that have units associated with them. This means that if you start a metric part file and create a few sketches, the dimensions will still show as mm in the sketch editor after converting the file to inch units. If you would like to convert the expression units as well, you can make use of a journal that I wrote a while ago:
http://nxjournaling.com/content/change-expression-...

www.nxjournaling.com

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