Metric/English Conversion on the Fly

[swcalvert]

I'm posting this, again, in this forum for hopefully more people to see. To me, this should already be there.



Is it possible to convert to metric values on the fly? I want to enter, in a family table or anywhere else, 'mm(10)' in a length row or as a value and have it converted to 10mm. The same would hole true for going the other direction.



What are you users doing now when this comes up?



Steve C

 

[martina]

Why not use a dual dimensioning set-up: inches, [mm]



Wouldn't that solve the problem?

 

[dougr]

I usually type in a string for the dimension in this situation, for instance:



10/25.4

 

[cncwhiz]

I'm with douger except I use .0394 instead of 25.4. I find this to be accurate.

 

[bhayden]

I think what Steve is looking for is something like the functionallity SolidWorks has had for years where you type in a string like 10mm and it automaticly converts the number to milimeters (or if you're in metric you can type in 5in and it will interprete it as 5 inches). It's pretty slick if you're in a world where you are forced to switch back and forth.



I'm still looking for a way to have both metric and english fasteners in the hole table. Anyone pull that off?



Bernie Hayden

XKL LLC

 

[swcalvert]

That's it Bernie. In UG I can type in 10(mm) and it automatically makes a conversion.



Steve C

 

[donha]

I don't think it is possible in a family table, have never tried it, but you can create a parameter and use that parameter to do your conversion. Example would be I had a drawing in inches and wanted my new drawing to be in mm. I would create a parameter C which would equal 25.4 and do the input by utilizing C. Just as easy to type 25.4 . 0.03937 is a little more feasible.