MM and Inch in the same document?

dustin_allen692

Hi,

Is it possible to have mm and inch drawing and parts in the same document? I am working on an assignment for a class and I have to draw and dimension parts with both inch and mm measurements in the same assignment.

PeteYodis

@dustin_allen692 Can you be a little more specific here as your exact needs?  Do you need a 2D drawing where some dimensions are in mm and others are in inches?

PeteYodis

@dustin_allen692  Yes your request is more clear now.  Usually drawings don't change units from sheet to sheet.  That is a bit non-standard.  There is a request for each dimension to be able to vary from the drawing level unit setting.  The units for the drawing are not at a sheet level.  

Currently in Onshape you could make a drawing tab of the part and detail it in inches.  You could then make another drawing tab, and set it's units to mm and detail that one.  Onshape drawing tabs have their own units, separate from that of the document workspace unit settings.

PeteYodis

@dustin_allen692 Can you be a little more specific here as your exact needs?  Do you need a 2D drawing where some dimensions are in mm and others are in inches?

dustin_allen692

Yeah, I do not need mm or inch in one part. What I need is mm in one sheet and inch in another from two different parts in the same document. What I have experienced so far is that the document has a default unit. Let's say the default is inches, if I needed a part that was in millimeters in the same document so that I can have all the sheets together in the same pdf I have to type mm for all the dimensions as I create them. This is fine, but when I go and create the drawing my mm dimensions come out as inches. So my question is in the drawing can I have one sheet in inches and another in millimeters? Is this clear as mud now? ha ha

PeteYodis

@dustin_allen692  Yes your request is more clear now.  Usually drawings don't change units from sheet to sheet.  That is a bit non-standard.  There is a request for each dimension to be able to vary from the drawing level unit setting.  The units for the drawing are not at a sheet level.  

Currently in Onshape you could make a drawing tab of the part and detail it in inches.  You could then make another drawing tab, and set it's units to mm and detail that one.  Onshape drawing tabs have their own units, separate from that of the document workspace unit settings.

dustin_allen692

Thanks, Pete, that helps a lot.