Inch Symbol (") in Inventor Dimensions?

[mfisher77]

I currently do this with a suffix to the dimension. That works well enough usually. The issue I am having now is with a dimension that displays alternate units. The alternate unit is wider than the regular dimension which causes the symbol (") to be spaced off the regular dimension. I wish I could just display the unit string, but for some reason the unit string for inch is (in) in Inventor. I would like to change this so the unit string would be (") instead of (in).

Thanks,
Matt

Inventor 2009 Edited by: mfisher77@gmail.com on Aug 21, 2009 6:47 AM

[mcgyvr · Accepted solution]

My drafting standards (ASME) require a note like this vs showing the unit strings for non-dual dimensions.. 

"All dimensions shown in inches"

And dual dimension drawings require "IN" and "mm" 

Seems Inventor follows standards.. Do you?.. 

[iMaJiNe_Designs]

Thanks! That's probably what I'll end up doing. I know Inventor is an
engineering and design tool first, a drafting tool second; but it seems to
me that given the modeling capabilities of the program it should be an easy
fix for angular dimensions to ignore " marks.

[kimK7B54]

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@mcgyvr wrote:

My drafting standards (ASME) require a note like this vs showing the unit strings for non-dual dimensions.. 

"All dimensions shown in inches"

And dual dimension drawings require "IN" and "mm" 

Seems Inventor follows standards.. Do you?.. 

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No, inventor does NOT follow standards in a lot of cases.  for example, when is it okay to use lower case lettering?  The programmers at Autodesk really have limited understanding of how drafting is done.  They used to back in the early AutoCAD days, but with them sourcing cheap labor for coding, they've lost the edge they used to have.

[kimK7B54]

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@mcgyvr wrote:

My drafting standards (ASME) require a note like this vs showing the unit strings for non-dual dimensions.. 

"All dimensions shown in inches"

And dual dimension drawings require "IN" and "mm" 

Seems Inventor follows standards.. Do you?.. 

Wrong.  A note is an alternate method to showing units, not a requirement as you state.

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[t_fransman]

Nah i do whatever my Boss randomly says 😞 lol. It changes like the wind