Weight is not formatting as lb

[Anonymous]

So, I have a family and I have its unit of weight set to lb. However, when I put in a parameter for weight, it is still forcing it to lbm and adjusting the weight I want to use by a factor.

How do I get my weight to work as lb in the parameter?

The parameter is a structural weight and set up as an instance.

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

In your project template, go to manage>project units and change the default setting for weight.

[Anonymous]

I did that. That's what I was meaning to say in my first sentence. Project units are set to lb.

[Anonymous]

So in both the family editor and the project environment your weight setting is in lb but your parameter is still defaulting to lbm?

Confusing.

[Anonymous]

That's what I said and that was indeed what was happening.

I tried doing it in another family thinking maybe something had just gone wonky but I was able to replicate.

[fabiosato · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Check if you your parameter is using Mass or Weight, this can be the problem, they are two different units!

[Anonymous]

Oddly enough, I was using, or thought I was using, Weight but I apparently needed to set Mass to lb for it to stop trying to read units of lb as anything else.