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Add an option to permanently change default angle units to degrees instead of radians

Add an option to permanently change default angle units to degrees instead of radians

This is the only cad program I have used that defaults to radians when importing files. This is also the only cad program that requires the units be changed on every single step file instead of allowing a one and done setting that applies to everything always. Not everyone has access to the source code to be able to permanently fix the issue (which is something no one should have to do in the first place), so adding this option seems like a no brainer. I guess it does take at least one brain cell though, because if it didn't inventor would have fixed it.

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swalton
Mentor

I'd like to set the default units for all imports.  I normally work in US customary, but import metric components.  I want mass in lb, length in inches, angles in degrees.  

 

I understand that not everyone works this way, so I could also use a unit selection option during import.  It could have two settings: template default or import file default.  That way I could specify the import template file and use its unit setting, or let the units of the imported file control the results.

Diequa
Advocate

I brought this up years ago to the dev team, a default still hasn't been implemented.

Lane_MFG
Participant

It's really frustrating to me that other like yourself have made almost the exact same request, and those requests have received a decent number of likes, yet Autodesk still chooses to ignore the issue and live with a crappy modeling program. That's why I ended my request with "so adding this option seems like a no brainer. I guess it does take at least one brain cell though, because if it didn't inventor would have fixed it."

aleksejsJUBDU
Community Visitor

+1

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