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Inch Symbol (") in Inventor Dimensions?

mfisher77 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:46:09 GMT

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

Re: Inch Symbol (") in Inventor Dimensions?

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:49:47 GMT

I am having the exact same issue, any idea how to chanethe unit string display yet tto " instead of the (in). in is lame.....

Re: Inch Symbol (") in Inventor Dimensions?

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:52:42 GMT

not stating what version of Inventor you are using is "lame" also.

I think Inventor 2011, has some added options concerning this, but I may be mistaken.

Re: Inch Symbol (") in Inventor Dimensions?

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:53:48 GMT

2010 THANKS

Re: Inch Symbol (") in Inventor Dimensions?

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:28:20 GMT

GREAT,' MAY BE MISTAKEN", BASICALLY IS THE SAME AS NOT KNOWING, SO MORE OR LESS JUST GIVING MY ADJECTIVE A HARD TIME, HARDLY A WORTHWHILE RESPONSE. SEEMS THAT'S ALL YOU GET HERE, NO REAL HELP. SEEMS LIKE UNIT STRING SHOULD BE AN EASY THING TO CHANGE! JUST SAYING.

Re: Inch Symbol (") in Inventor Dimensions?

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:50:20 GMT

ease up on the CAPS, we're all friends here.

I'm on 2010 right now as well, but from what I recall of 2011there were improvments made concerning this, but I'm only going from memory. From that you should be able to deduce that it is not available in 2010, and therefore you would not need to look futher in 2010. My intent was only to help you out, point you in the right direction.

Look up the 2011 What's New document and find out yourself, or be patient and someone who is currently running 2011 can confirm this one way or another. Or display a poor attitude and most likely everyone will ignore your post and let you figure it out yourself.

Re: Inch Symbol (") in Inventor Dimensions?

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:39:22 GMT

Point taken

Re: Inch Symbol (") in Inventor Dimensions?

patrick.miller — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:52:49 GMT

I can confirm that it works as desired in 2011.

I modified the "Architectural (ANSI)" style to include Alternate Units for this test. I believe the quote mark is triggered by the Units set to ft and the Format set to Fraction not stacked so you do not have to use a suffix. I do not have 2010 installed to test and do not recall from memory which release introduced this functionality.

Hope this helps.

Re: Inch Symbol (") in Inventor Dimensions?

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:59:59 GMT

I know that it's probably kinda too little info too late, I apologize for that, but I need decimla at .oooo (4) place precision as well. Ugh. Just seems like the unit string in should be something that you can change to " or so on if desired. I have no problem with the fractions, but our company uses decimal for our detail, machining, and sheet metal drawings. My layouts that go to our customer, becuase the can be 300' or so, those we use fractional, this information may prove useful for me on those. So thanks either way. More help still NEEDED..

Thad

Re: Inch Symbol (") in Inventor Dimensions?

mfisher77 — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:56:50 GMT

Patrick,

Architectural has displayed this way since at least 2009. The problem with using architectural is when displaying a dimension greater than 12", but less than say 48". I don't want to have a dimension read 1'-4 1/4", I want the dimension to read 16 1/4". I typically switch to architectural on anything over 4'.

Thanks,

Matt Fisher

Inventor 2010

Re: Inch Symbol (") in Inventor Dimensions?

iamerm — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:24:32 GMT

Do I understand this correctly: if I set my dimension style to Architectural (ANSI), & then I change the linear units to "in" (NOT "ft"), then Inventor will not display the inch symbol ("). Evidently, the only way to have an inch symbol displayed under those circumstances is to add it with a suffix.

Did I get that right?

I'm using Inventor 2011.

Re: Inch Symbol (") in Inventor Dimensions?

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:26:53 GMT

Re: Inch Symbol (") in Inventor Dimensions?

iamerm — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:11:08 GMT

Eh?

Re: Inch Symbol (") in Inventor Dimensions?

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:14:42 GMT

I said yes, for some reason my reply is not working.

Re: Inch Symbol (") in Inventor Dimensions?

iamerm — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:24:04 GMT

Thanks for getting back to me. It would be nice if there was a simple option to turn the inch symbol on or off, regardless of the units.

Re: Inch Symbol (") in Inventor Dimensions?

SHamrick — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 19:38:07 GMT

Is this still the case in Inventor 2016?

I can't figure out to change in to "

real frustrating!

Re: Inch Symbol (") in Inventor Dimensions?

mfisher77 — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 23:02:43 GMT

The unit string is still "in"...

I am still adding " as a suffix in my dimension style in Inventor 2015.

Matt

Re: Inch Symbol (") in Inventor Dimensions?

iMaJiNe_Designs — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 03:06:29 GMT

I'm using Inventor 2018 and this annoying 'feature' is still present. Try setting your suffix to " and see what happens with angular dimensions!

45°" is a whole new angular dimensioning format to me.

Re: Inch Symbol (") in Inventor Dimensions?

SBix26 — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 11:00:29 GMT

You would need to use a different style for angular dimensions. Annoying, but not insurmountable.

Sam B

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Re: Inch Symbol (") in Inventor Dimensions?

cbenner — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 11:25:32 GMT

This has been true through the entire history of Inventor. Luckily, creating and editing styles in Inventor is not tough. I do the same thing. I have a 2 place with the " mark, 3 place.. and then one without the " for angular dims.

Dual dimensions are a different animal altogether and for those, to make it look halfway decent, I surrendered and started using the default "in" suffix.