Need help converting units from decimal to architectural to show FEET/INCHES

[Anonymous]

It was very simple to change decimal units to architectural units in Autocad 2015 but in Autocad MEP 2014 it seems that finding that button is trickier. Any information on how to change the units would be helpful. When drawing a line I type in, 96'-1" but it says that is invalid because the units are set to decimals. I am still a beginner please help

[Laks-Autodesk]

You may use the _AECDWGSETUP command or access it from App menu > Drawing utilities > Drawing setup. UNITS command should also bring up the drawing setup dialog box. There are several other tabs in addtion to the Units tab for specifying the drawing units.

[Anonymous]

Still, when I go to draw a line, the measurement is shown and it is still in decimals. Very frustrating. I still don't know how to fix this.?
When the drawing set up menu pops up, and under the Length section the only other options I have besides decimal for type is scientific.?

[Laks-Autodesk · Accepted solution]

Please try to select Inches from the list under Drawing units and you can set the length type to Architectural. This will let you create dimensions in feet and inches.