https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Documentation/Dimensions/m-p/275056#M43090 Welcome to Archicad Patrick.<BR /> In the Navigator palette, along the top you will see four buttons.<BR /> Project Map.<BR /> View Map.<BR /> Layouts.<BR /> Publisher.<BR /> <BR /> If you are using View Points in the Project map, you have manual control of all of the settings for dimensions, scale, pen set graphic overrides, etc.<BR /> The easy way is to set them via the buttons at the bottom of the view window.<BR /> <BR /> You should be saving these view points as 'Views' that will be located in the View Map.<BR /> These 'Views' are saved with the settings you want for dimensions, scale, pen set graphic overrides, etc.<BR /> So you no longer have to manually control them.<BR /> Then can be altered in the 'View Settings'.<BR /> <BR /> You then place these 'Views' from the View Map on the Layouts as 'Drawings', and then later you can Publish them.<BR /> <BR /> So in your case, make sure you have a View in the View Map that has the correct setting for the dimension style you want to show.<BR /> Then place that view on the layout.<BR /> <BR /> You can have as many Views of the same View Point as you want.<BR /> So you can (if you want to) have a View of a plan with the dimensions as millimeters, and another with dimensions as meters, and another in feet and inches.<BR /> <BR /> The same applies for all the other settings, scale, pen set graphic overrides, etc.<BR /> You simply set up the Views in the View Map as you want to see them, and place those Views on the Layouts.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> Barry. Mon, 14 Jun 2021 00:25:44 GMT Barry Kelly 2021-06-14T00:25:44Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Documentation/Dimensions/m-p/275055#M43089 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>I'm Patrick, a new archicad user. I need your support. When I'm drawing, I set my dimensions in millimetres, but when I place a drawing in master layout, the program automatically changes my dimensions into metres. How can I deal with these issues? <BR /> Help please!</T></DIV> Mon, 22 May 2023 21:51:07 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Documentation/Dimensions/m-p/275055#M43089 Anonymous 2023-05-22T21:51:07Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Documentation/Dimensions/m-p/275056#M43090 Welcome to Archicad Patrick.<BR /> In the Navigator palette, along the top you will see four buttons.<BR /> Project Map.<BR /> View Map.<BR /> Layouts.<BR /> Publisher.<BR /> <BR /> If you are using View Points in the Project map, you have manual control of all of the settings for dimensions, scale, pen set graphic overrides, etc.<BR /> The easy way is to set them via the buttons at the bottom of the view window.<BR /> <BR /> You should be saving these view points as 'Views' that will be located in the View Map.<BR /> These 'Views' are saved with the settings you want for dimensions, scale, pen set graphic overrides, etc.<BR /> So you no longer have to manually control them.<BR /> Then can be altered in the 'View Settings'.<BR /> <BR /> You then place these 'Views' from the View Map on the Layouts as 'Drawings', and then later you can Publish them.<BR /> <BR /> So in your case, make sure you have a View in the View Map that has the correct setting for the dimension style you want to show.<BR /> Then place that view on the layout.<BR /> <BR /> You can have as many Views of the same View Point as you want.<BR /> So you can (if you want to) have a View of a plan with the dimensions as millimeters, and another with dimensions as meters, and another in feet and inches.<BR /> <BR /> The same applies for all the other settings, scale, pen set graphic overrides, etc.<BR /> You simply set up the Views in the View Map as you want to see them, and place those Views on the Layouts.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> Barry. Mon, 14 Jun 2021 00:25:44 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Documentation/Dimensions/m-p/275056#M43090 Barry Kelly 2021-06-14T00:25:44Z