Changing dimension from feet and inches to inches.

[Anonymous]

How do you take an existing dimension and set it to display the distance in
inches only instead of feet and inches without actually editing the text?
i.e. 1'-0" to read 12".

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

> How do you take an existing dimension and set it to display the distance
in
> inches only instead of feet and inches without actually editing the text?
> i.e. 1'-0" to read 12".

Type 'ddim' then go to [Annotation] and change the suffix to ", and the
[Units] to fractional.

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[Anonymous]

Don't forget to update the dimensions, if needed.

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[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Chris,

Here is a button macro:

^C^C_dimoverride;dimunit;7;dimpost;<>";;

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Regards,
Eric S. eschneider@jensenprecast.com

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:
Chris,

Here is a button macro:

^C^C_dimoverride;dimunit;7;dimpost;<>";;

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Regards,
Eric S. eschneider@jensenprecast.com

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That macro is amazing! Could you please post one for converting the other way around too?? (inches to (inches and feet)) I tried replacing the 7 in your macro to 3 and also tried 4 but it is removing my Dim Suffix on the selected dimension and is also putting in two apostrophes for the inches instead of just one. So obviously I don't know anything about creating macros haha Thank you!

[scot-65]

In lieu of creating two dimension styles, one can create a "base"
dimension style and apply overrides as required for both new and
existing dimensions.

To revert back to the original style, remove the overrides.
command ".DIM" "Restore" "MyBaseDimensionStyle" "Exit".

In either case:
command "-DIMSTYLE" "Apply" pause
for the existing dimensions.

???

[jdb]

Hi Eric,

How do I use your "button macro".  I'm not really up to speed on Macros.  I have some that are loaded into on large .lsp file (I think).  Should I copy this into that file.  If so what command do I enter to run it?  

Thanks,

[Kent1Cooper]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Hi Eric,

How do I use your "button macro".  I'm not really up to speed on Macros.  I have some that are loaded into on large .lsp file (I think).  Should I copy this into that file.  If so what command do I enter to run it?   ....

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[Be aware that this thread is almost 17 years old.  I don't recall seeing @Anonymous or @Anonymous participating recently, at least under those user names.]

Don't put it in a .lsp file -- a command macro is a different animal altogether.  There is no command to run it -- you would need to pick on the menu item that calls it up, most likely [in more recent versions] in a Tool Palette, but there are other ways to do it, and some of them vary by what version of AutoCAD you're using.  [The same could be defined into a custom command with AutoLisp, but the format would be quite different.]

I recommend you read about command macros in Help, which will show you what to do.  Also read about overriding Dimension Variables, because the commands involved in that, and the available options, also vary with your version, so you may need to format the macro differently from what's here.

[jdb]

Hi Kent,

I'm using AutoCAD 2016 and just about to load AutoCAD 2017. Obviously I
don't do a lot of customization, but I will read what you suggested and go
from there.



Thanks for your help!



Jennifer D. Buck, Architect

Scale Production Architecture, PC

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