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Is there a way to toggle between english and metric in QCad?

I'm currently stuck in inches and no matter what I set the drawing units to in Edit->General->Drawing_Unit it stays in inches.

I've looked at the documentation and searched around the forum and I seem to be doing what I should be doing...

What am I missing???

Hi,

typhon62 wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 12, 2021 9:43 pm

Is there a way to toggle between english and metric in QCad?

Yes.

typhon62 wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 12, 2021 9:43 pm

I'm currently stuck in inches and no matter what I set the drawing units to in Edit->General->Drawing_Unit it stays in inches.

That will simply explained only change the name of the unit. e.g. a 100 inch line is then 100 mm.

To change the unit for the whole drawing please use the converting tool in QCAD. Menu / Edit / Convert Drawing Unit. It will convert the whole drawing inclusive the proper scaling regarding the change.

Awesome, thanks!

It it possible to have a drawing with mixed units?

Say a 250mm x 250mm rectangle located 5' from the edge of a box,
and dimensioned in mm ? Is there a quick shortcut to flip to entering in a different unit system?

Is it possible for a dimension to be shown in more than one unit, e.g.
3.18mm (1.5") (1 1/2")

Hi,
For unrelated questions it is best that you open a new topic.

iOne iTwo wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 26, 2024 1:14 am

Is there a quick shortcut to flip to entering in a different unit system?

No, not really.
CAD is basically unit-less, the unit is nothing more than the name you give a value.

We can not enter 5' in a drawing in mm.
BTW that would result in 60 units (=mm) because the foot sign is considered as a multiplier with 12.

We can enter 5x12x25.4 because most fields can handle equations.

iOne iTwo wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 26, 2024 1:14 am

Is it possible for a dimension to be shown in more than one unit, e.g.
3.18mm (1.5") (1 1/2")

No that is not possible.
For a solution see Feature request + workaround

Regards,
CVH