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Changing default from feet to inches

Anonymous
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Is there a way to enter distances or lengths in inches as default instead of feet?
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Susan wrote:
Is there a way to enter distances or lengths in inches as default instead of feet?
susan - change your 'working units' to fractional or decimal inches . . .

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Anonymous
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If you have already set up your view set, you will need to redefine your views. There is a hidden display option to set the dimensions per your latest selection.
__archiben
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Millard wrote:
If you have already set up your view set, you will need to redefine your views. There is a hidden display option to set the dimensions per your latest selection.
ah ok. sorry. i thought we were talking about default working units not dimension units . .

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Anonymous
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Thank you so much.