Wilsons Sandbox

>Is it possible to dual dimension with CADintosh?
>
>The primary units in mm, and the secondary units in inches, with
>both being displayed at the
>same time.

>
> At 2007-02-03 21:52 +0000 Ray wrote:
>
> >Is it possible to dual dimension with CADintosh?
> >
> >The primary units in mm, and the secondary units in inches, with
> >both being displayed at the
> >same time.
>
> Ray - I can't find a way to do that elegantly, but maybe Thorsten can
> correct me.
>
> Incidentally, a lot of your questions can be answered by looking in
> the manual - but maybe it doesn't come with the unregistered version?
> Seems unlikely - it's in Thorsten's interest to let people find out
> how to use the tool before they commit to registering.
>
> My kludge for ddual dimensioning would be to create a dimension in mm
> (as the standard unit) then use the Dimensions item of the options
> menu to change the unit from standard to alternate on the individual
> tab, then create a second dimension which will show in inches
> (assuming you have the units set up that way).
>
> You can choose to add extra text to every dimension, but that appears
> to be only static text - it would meet your requirements if you could
> have a formula in there that would evaluate to the dimension in the
> alternate units.
>
> Incidentally, my first attempt at the kludge approach was to make 2
> dimensions in metric and then change the attributes of one from
> standard to alternate unit. This didn't appear to have any effect at
> all when I tried it. Thorsten, am I missing something? Shouldn't this
> change the displayed dimension from (say) "25.4" to "1 inch"?
>
> regards
>
> Rowland
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