Change displayed precision on dual dimensions?

[emdash]

Hi folks.

This is my first question in this forum, but I've been reading it for a while-- thanks for all the great tips and answers people have given on other questions!

I have a drawing with primary units in mm and secondary units in inches, and I want to change the # of decimal places displayed on the secondary dimension. (to display a dimension as 3.2 [0.125], for example)

Tools->Options->Document Properties->Units looks like it should do exactly what I want, but when I change the precision of the secondary units here, the # of decimal places in dual dimension on the drawing doesn't change.

I've tried rebuilding, and deleting-and-recreating the dimensions, but the secondary dimensions always seem to appear with 2 decimal places.

I'm pretty sure I've done this successfully in the past, but I can't remember how...

I've searched the forum and found related threads, but nothing that addresses this particular question.

Thanks!

Oh, this is in 2005 SP4, but I've tried it briefly in 2004 SP3 as well.

 

[ctopher]

Tools/options/document properties/units

Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP3.1 / PDMWorks 05
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[ctopher]

...and welcome to the forum

Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP3.1 / PDMWorks 05
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716

 

[emdash]

Thanks!

Hm, that's working now. I swear I tried it many times earlier today and it didn't...