Hey, there. Just described as the title. I wanna set the units as in model info panel, and all the settings are as shown in below image: [7fbcea27e20e4afcaa85d5593dd7f034558c1270%20-%20%E5%89%AF%E6%9C%AC] And I have completed part of the code, but it couldn’t work well: SULengthFormatterRef for…

[image] jeremyliu1989: In my mind, when I set format, unit, and precision of model’s LengthFormatter just shown as my code segment, the units part in model info panel of the opening .skp file will be amended as the above image. This is not what the documentation says that LengthFormatter obje…

[image] jeremyliu1989: And I have completed part of the code, but it couldn’t work well: Can you elaborate on what didn’t work well? What did you observe?

Yep. In my mind, when I set format, unit, and precision of model’s LengthFormatter just shown as my code segment, the units part in model info panel of the opening .skp file will be amended as the above image. However, after I execute the code with .skp file, the units part in model info panel is no…

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Thanks Dan. I have completed the settings with C API according to your suggestion :slight_smile: [image] DanRathbun: Within SketchUp, you can paste this Ruby snippet into the Ruby Console to see the current values assigned to the "UnitsOptions" provider’s key value pairs … And I find the bre…

[image] jeremyliu1989: and the model info panel always automatically popup… That sounds strange… are you saying the Model Info dialog automatically opens without user interaction? After opening a file you created with the C API?

Sorry to resurrect an old thread but I’m having an issue with setting units to meters. I’ve copied the “WritingToAskpFile” project and have managed to get the UnitsOptions OptionsProvider and set the values of “LengthUnit”/“LengthFormat” to meters/decimal, after creating the model with SUModelCreat…

[image] shwhjw: How can I ensure my vertex positions are read as meters? I’m afraid, You can’t! The UnitsOptions only about the user interface, using code you must specify your lengths in inch, since Internally, all lengths in SketchUp are stored in inches. I do not know so much about C A…

Thanks for the quick answer, I guess I will just have to convert the numbers myself!

For setting up the model unit properties, you should use the enumerated values defined in: SketchUp C API: SketchUpAPI/length_formatter.h File Reference [image] shwhjw: I guess I will just have to convert the numbers myself! You can use SUModelGetLengthFormatter to retrieve the model’s SULe…

Thanks, I’ll change my code to use the enums. I’m writing a Sketchup format exporter for Unity so I know all my incoming geometry is in meters, it’s easier for me to just multiply everything by 1/0.0254 to get the representation in inches.

What's the right way to set unit of model with C API?

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What's the right way to set unit of model with C API?

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