Imperial units in parts and assemblies

[Anonymous]

Hi, I am sure this is a basic thing but as I have always worked in metric I've never had to confront this.... until now.

I've been helping a friend design a shed in timber and he wants to use Ft and inches.  I've used the relevant part and assembly templates but I have all the dimensions and physical properties as inches and square inch.  How can I change this to Ft and inches which is more understandable to him.

Thanks,

Guy

[SBix26]

You can change the default units in part files to feet, but I believe that you will then be showing decimal feet, not feet and inches.  Dimensions may be entered in feet and inches, however, by simply typing (for example) 7 ft + 2.25 in.  Drawings, of course, have more flexibility in dimension display.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the reply.  I can manage the physical properties using the 'document settings' but one area I am struggling with is the fact the lengths in the BOM are purely inches not Ft and inches.  I can change a setting in the parts list to give this format which is good but I wanted to use the balloon function and detail the length of each part in Ft and ".

Cheers,

Guy

[dave.anderson]

I'm afraid the Balloon can only pull BOM information. In the Parts List you can change the units format, but not in the BOM.

Most customers use a "Cut List" where the Item identifies the part and then that correlates to the Parts List.

You could also add dimensions in ft-inch format if that helps.