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Go to "UNITS" and change to Arch. Then change the "units to scale inserted objects" to feet or unitless. Whatever you want. Then go to system variable or type "UNITMODE" on command line. Change that to "1". You should be able to now specify lengths on your command line in the following format: (1'-3") or (1'3") - minus the parenthesis.
UNITMODE-Controls the display format for units. By default, the format for displaying measured values differs slightly from the format used for entering them. (You cannot include spaces when entering measured values.)
0 Displays fractional, feet-and-inches, and surveyor's angles in "report" format using spaces as delimiters
1 Displays fractional, feet-and-inches, and surveyor's angles in "input" format without including spaces and, in some cases, substituting dashes for spaces
hei, here in my keyboard to mylself type 14'-2'' I type 14 then the key then I type - normal, then type 2 then shift and
Using decimal input, 4.6 is equal to 4.6 inches. If you want 4 feet - 6 inches, you will have to convert all to inches and use 54 as your input.
To draw a line 4'-6" you can enter that as
4'6 (quickest)
or
4'-6
or
4'-6"
or
4'6"
For something like 4'-6 3/4"
use
4'6-3/4 at command line
or
4'6.75
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I had this same problem and none of these solutions worked for me.
I then found this command line solution that worked: DWGUNITS
See image.
I can now enter 21' and my line will stretch to 21 feet.