My installation of SU won’t let me alter the length units to anything other than “Inches”. I want to use “Architectural” or “Fractional” formats with units such as "10’ 4-½″ . I only see “inches”, which is grayed out.

My SU always opens with the Welcome window, with the ability to choose a template or use the default template that was previously used. I think that’s the way is should work. With regard to the units, it all may be working as it should, and maybe I’m just misunderstanding something. When I use the…

[image] dick: When I use the “simple architectural template with units showing “Feet and Inches”, the Model Info>Units window displays “Architectural” format, with “inches” shown but grayed out. Then when I draw an object and dimension it, it displays “Feet and Inches”, e.g. 11’ 4-½″ like you’d …

I like to use the “Architectural Design - Feet and inches” on occasion. Mainly for aesthetic reasons. ] However, for most things that I model I like to use just inches as the unit I work with. There seems to be a way to create a template. I have one in my list that I created in the past, although …

[image] back40galaxy: There seems to be a way to create a template. Yes there is a way to create a template. Set the Units as you wish, change the style if you want, too. Then hit File>Save as template. Give it a name and if you want it to be your default template, make sure the box is marked…

What do you mean by ‘bold marks at the intersections’? Like foot marks on a measuring tape? If so, where would you expect to see them?

[image] john_mcclenahan: ‘bold marks at the intersections’ I expect he’s referring to endpoints which is a setting in Styles.

You could, for example, create a grid-like component made of construction points at 1ft intervals, but why would you want to?

[image] DaveR: endpoints which is a setting in Styles. Ah, I hadn’t thought of that - I hate that default setting, and always turn it off.

I don’t like endpoints or extensions on while drawing, either. Once in a very great while I find endpoints can be useful in identifying exploded curves but I only turn them on for a moment and then back off. Generally I think they get in the way of drawing accurately.

I have four choices in Window menu>Model Info>Units, Architectural, Engineering, Decimal, Fractional. Of these, Engineering has Feet as the hardcoded unit, Architectural and Fractional use Inches, and Decimal lets you choose. [image] Despite what it says, it is Architectural that displays dimensio…

Length Units set to "Feet and inches"

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DanRathbun July 19, 2022, 7:38pm 26

It’s 3.7719 meters.

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Length Units set to "Feet and inches"

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