Accept UPPERCASE letter for unit in sketch and feature

[Anonymous]

We should be able to write MM as well as mm or IN as well as in for the dimension unit in sketch and feature.

[phaeronkor]

Well, I think it will be a problem due to some dimensions with names, 'cuase, for example, "d" - is inner diameter and "D" - is outer. But if you propose it only to milimeters, than ok) For all the rest I don't think it's a good idea.

[asiu]

Duplicate idea. Please follow the Autodesk's guidelines and search to see if the idea was posted before.

Please vote for:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideas/mm-mm-in-in-dimensions/idi-p/4412041

[Anonymous]

Well seen asiu.

I always do a search before posting but I didn't find it quickly so I post a new idea.. anyway thank for the info

phaeronkor, personal opinion, variables and parameter should never be case sensitive.

[asiu]

@Anonymous

No problem, I am just trying to be helpful and consolidate the votes, it seems that the previous request has a lot of votes.

As somebody else suggested, it will be nice to be able to give older ideas a "bump' from time to time so new users can vote for them.

Cheers,
Adrian

[Anonymous]

This would confuse Inventor as it also interprets SI unit prefixes.

http://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2017/ENU/?guid=GUID-EE98BCED-5623-4E3B-9E98-432C6738B081

[jtylerbc]

I agree with @Anonymous that this wouldn't really make sense.  Case has meaning in the SI system (in this case, milli- versus Mega-), where it really doesn't have a meaning when applied to inches.

It annoys me when I do this as well, especially if I don't notice it right away and am confused why it won't accept my dimension.  But I'm not sure that setting up Inventor to accept an incorrect unit format is a good answer to what is essentially just a typo.

Perhaps there is some sort of middle ground.  Possibly a popup message that says something like "The unit type was not recognized.  Did you mean mm or Mm?", with the last portion being radio buttons that would correct the unit.