Can't convert to fractional inches unit format

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Hi there,

I am using Sketchup Go (paid version of sketchup for web). I have my units set to feet and inches. I would like to change them to fractional inches. But SU is not allowing me to. I go into the app settings and set default template to fractional inches but it doesn’t change anything. I save the file and it still doesn’t do anything. I exit and go back in and still nothing. I go into model info and fractional inches is not available. Only feet and inches and inches and decimals are available but not fractional inches ( inches only and fractions).

I don’t get it. Why isn’t the option to change to fractional inches available in model info with the 6 other formats when in app settings it is available with the 6 other formats.

I’m really confused as to why the developers did not include fractional inches in model info. If it is truly not there then i am baffled.

Thanks.

Any help would be appreciated.

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Do you mean like this?

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Yes. I cant do that with SU Go.

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That is a screenshot from Go.

Make sure you are using a template set to Fractional Inches.

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I am. I initially had it set to fractional inches, then switched to feet and inches, and now i cant go back to fractional inches. Why isn’t fractional inches available in model info?

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It does seem a little odd, looks like a bug.
One workaround, copy your model.
Go to App Settings/Regional and change to Fractional.
Open a new model and paste in place and you should have everything in Fractional Inches.

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Ok. Thanks. But that is a major oversight that really makes no sense.

But i have to accept it and move on.

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Perhaps @colin can pass this onto the relevant people.

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Could you show us the panel ‘Model Info’ with current settings compared to what I get?
(Ignore the dimension in mm in the model)

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The setting generally shows, but it won’t change back to just inches. Notice your dimensions show feet and inches, not just inches.
If you start with a fresh model set correctly it will show in inches with those settings.

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Thank you got it ! (spot all seven differences)
I usually don’t mess around with that system. But yes, I started with a new template in inches. Once I switched to feet and back to inches I could not get it to only show inches.
It’s a bug.

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Hi @DaveBryce,

I am one of the developers on the Sketchup for Web/Go team.

Thank you for reporting this. You are definitely correct that the units option for fractional inches is only available as a template, but not through the model info UI, and that that is an oversight.

Unfortunately, I’m not aware of a better workaround to return to fractional inches at this time than the one that Box has come up with. I apologize for the inconvenience.

I have documented this issue.

Thanks,
Kirk

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I’m glad that the issue has been documented. I look forward to it being corrected in future releases. In the meantime i have settled on using Feet and Inches.