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Enter inches in mm project?
tracy_evans
Member Posts: 15 PRO
Many CAD apps will let one enter inches (say 5 1/8") into a field in a metric doc and automatically convert it to mm's, and vice versa. Not OnShape? Am I missing something?
This would be so convenient, and eliminate me needn't to pop over to another browser window dozens of times to convert dims "by hand".
This would be so convenient, and eliminate me needn't to pop over to another browser window dozens of times to convert dims "by hand".
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martin_kopplow
Member Posts: 908 PRO
I am a metric guy and only do that now and then. If you want fractional inches, you will have to substitute 5 1/8" by 5.125 inches or go full out and use (5+(1/8)) inches. Inches and math have probably never been best friends ... ;0)
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second for allowing you to type " for inch and ' for foot. Thanks!
+1 for using the quote for inches and apostrophe for feet. Had a teacher that required us to memorize decimal fraction down to sixteenths. Turns out it was good that he did. Making us do drafting on the board was a waste of time though. 🤣
I think some draughting on the board is usefull. Basic eng drawing skills. How to work from a datum, constructing points, where to use a center line. All solid skills which transfer to CAD.
I of course am making that opinion with many years of hindsight. And it is an opinion. I've never once used a drafting board after graduation other than to set the big monitors, cpu and mouse and keyboard on. Any skill that can be learned manually on the board can be learned using CAD. And as time goes by we are seeing the need for 2d fading more and more. Will be interesting to see what's possible in just a few more years.
Agreed that those skills can be learned in CAD, but there is A LOT going on in CAD. I start my students off on the drawing board as they (hopefully) can use a pencil and rule so there is less overhead to learning the fundementals.