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I have a similar problem... I'm designing a house and want to change the measurements in idws from inches to feet. As in i want it to say 1 ft rather than 12 in. Is this possible? (2012 version)
This question has not been answered yet. I have the same issue. I have created layouts with views at 1:4 and 1:8 and submitted to my client and they are requesting that these views be represented as 3" = 1'-0" and 1 1/2" = 1'-0" respectively. In MDT these options were possible as part of the view scale pull-down list. How do you set this up in Inventor? Manually editing the label is dangerous. For example, I gave the redline notes to a detailer that works for me and this person incorrectly changed a 1:10 view to read 1"=1'-0". I have looked at Styles Editor and I do not see where to set this up.
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Joe
Changing drawing scales is accomplished here:
But I don't think you can express the scale in feet per your requirements.
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You wrote: "Yes, as you may have read in my post. I am aware of where the option should be located".. But in your original posting you say
How do you set this up in Inventor and I have looked at Styles Editor and I do not see where to set this up.
So to us (or me) it comes across as though you didn't know how to add drawing scales to your style... As far as I know its not possible but someone else may have a trick in accomplishing it.
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Scale will show in feet per the request. You just have to type it in that way and it will show up in the titleblock if you set it up to do so.
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This works fine for those who usually draw in Architectural Units - In other words, most do not use 1/16 as a scale to represent 3/4" = 1'-0". Go to Standard, Default Standard (ANSI) - Then General Tab, at Preset Values change to show Scale. Then Click New - IF one types 1/2" = 1'-0", or 3/4" = 1'-0", ect... it recognizes the math and the drop down will list those as new scale values. I tested these in changed the view properties to these scale and it scale the views up or down to the scale factors perfectly, just as if one had used the others like 1/16 or 1:16 ect...
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
This didn't come up in any of the searches I did this week but I finally found it... after doing it manually. I posted a screen shot of your answer as the solution for mine. I only wish you could get credit for it.
Thanks again!!
On Error Resume Next Dim oDrawDoc As DrawingDocument oDrawDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument Dim Massstab As New ArrayList Massstab.Add("1 : 50") 'Maßstäbe eintragen Massstab.Add("1 : 25") Massstab.Add("1 : 12,5") Massstab.Add("1 : 10") Massstab.Add("1 : 7,5") Massstab.Add("1 : 5") Massstab.Add("1 : 3") Massstab.Add("1 : 2,5") Massstab.Add("1 : 2") Massstab.Add("1 : 1") Auswahl_Masstab = InputListBox("Bitte Maßstab wählen:", Massstab, ActiveSheet.Border = "Ränder", Title := "Zuweisung", ListName := "Verfügbare Maßstäbe") Dim oView As DrawingView For Each oView In oDrawDoc.ActiveSheet.DrawingViews oView.[ScaleString] = Auswahl_Masstab Next
Hi! You can change the standard unit in the drawing from inch to foot. You are not trying to expand or contract geometry, right?
Many thanks!