# Unit measurement setting **URL:** \ **Category:** SketchUp Free\ **Created:** [December 17, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/unit-measurement-setting/215710 "2022-12-17T17:52:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fvjsanchez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@fvjsanchez](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/fvjsanchez)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/unit-measurement-setting/215710/1 "2022-12-17T17:52:19Z")
I selected meters in the setting box with no effect on the app. I’m using sketchup free version on the web Thanks for your help ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/unit-measurement-setting/215710/2 "2022-12-17T17:54:47Z")
> [@fvjsanchez](#): > > I selected meters in the setting box with no effect on the app. What are you expecting to have happen after changing the units to meters? Share you model file with us so we can see what you’ve got. ---
**Author:** ![fvjsanchez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@fvjsanchez](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/fvjsanchez)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/unit-measurement-setting/215710/3 "2022-12-17T18:12:57Z")
thanks Dave > **[SketchUp](https://app.sketchup.com/share/tc/europe/x-ZEVFfEC7g?stoken=PwjZEvtwdf_4y9bqf4E-x724ZeHFQS-xwMCe3KelcpNyRMBz5xHDTdKjsgxhG3nA&source=web)** > > Draw, orbit, push-pull: make anything you can imagine in SketchUp, anytime you imagine it. I expect to dialog in the selected units in the box at the bottom ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/unit-measurement-setting/215710/4 "2022-12-17T18:14:02Z")
That didn’t share your .skp file. Download it to your computer and share the file here. All I can do with the link you shared is orbit, zoom, and pan around the model space. ---
**Author:** ![fvjsanchez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@fvjsanchez](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/fvjsanchez)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/unit-measurement-setting/215710/5 "2022-12-18T10:55:01Z")
Thanks Dave I’ve tried without success to copy the file. My problem has nothing to do with the drawing. My problem is that Sketchup does’nt accept the measures unit I want to work with I select meters in the dialog box of settings without effect ---
**Author:** ![Box](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/box/32/235164_2.png) [@Box](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Box)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/unit-measurement-setting/215710/6 "2022-12-18T11:14:24Z")
There are a couple of options for changing the units. It sounds like you are changing the ones in the top left hand menu drop down, App Settings. This changes the units in the default template that opens. So if you have change it there you need to open a New model for the changes to show. Another option is to change the units in the Model Info icon on the right hand toolbar, this one will change the units within the current model, but will not change the default template units. For future reference, To share a model here for us to look at you need to use the top left icon, drop down to download, download a .skp and attach that here. ---
**Author:** ![fvjsanchez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@fvjsanchez](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/fvjsanchez)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/unit-measurement-setting/215710/7 "2022-12-18T11:28:06Z")
Thanks. I’ve start a new session and I could switch to the units I wanted. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/f/2/f2a121500b085ed60806607a82720b092d800bb3.png) [@system](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 3:28am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/unit-measurement-setting/215710/8 "2023-03-20T03:28:36Z")
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