Mix of units problem

[Grafix Smelter]

I have the bizarre situation of the X units (wrongly) in points and the Y units (correctly) in inches.



Even the rulers are mixed up!

Can anyone help?

[Acorn]

Rulers are separate so try Options > Grid and Ruler > Major Spacing: set to the dimension unit you want (cm, in, px, etc).
Options > Grid and Ruler > Units > Default units: Page and pick the dropdown unit needed.

Final fix, check Options > Grid and Ruler > Scaling does not have the Scale factor ticked.

Acorn

[Grafix Smelter]

Rulers are separate so try Options > Grid and Ruler > Major Spacing: set to the dimension unit you want (cm, in, px, etc).
Options > Grid and Ruler > Units > Default units: Page and pick the dropdown unit needed.

Final fix, check Options > Grid and Ruler > Scaling does not have the Scale factor ticked.

Acorn

Thanks for getting back.
All the settings you suggest are what I currently have set.



Also bizarrely when I type the number in the box for 0.05 which is the inch setting I want, it changes it back to points which happens to be the correct equivalent value.
Looks like I'll have to count the dots to get the feature locations I need from the design.

[Acorn]

All then I can think is the light background settings you have are affecting the units.

Acorn

[Grafix Smelter]

All then I can think is the light background settings you have are affecting the units.

Acorn

I have never heard of having "background settings" available to change. Where is the setting for that please!
The Grey and Red objects are listed correctly @ X 0in Y 0in, it is the object that has its origin both negative for X & Y that is the problem.
I can place it correctly @ 0,0 but if I type in the boxes X -0.05in Y -0.65in the X value goes back to listed in points.

Ah, now if I drag it around the first two negative grid values for X&Y are in points, the 3rd negative grid interval and beyond are in inches.
Now that is for 40 sub divisions, if I set it to 20 or 80 it still happens for the same range of 2/1/4 grid steps.

Well I can live with that, as all the values I need are in the positive X&Y quadrant.
Still it is a bit of a weird phenomenon I've discovered.

[mwenz]

At some point in time you have changed the interface from its default dark UI to the light UI by pressing ctrl+shift+alt+s. And do note if you change it back, each time it is changed you will lose any customization.

I don't know if that is the issue here or not.

Mike

[Grafix Smelter]

Ah yes, that is the first thing I do to every new installation, I've got a bit set in my ways over the years and prefer the classic look.
I still use term "directories" for folders, probably because nobody told me they had changed :-(

Thanks for staying with me and being a sounding board, it's amazing how motivated you get when you've gone public with a problem and you want to solve it.

[PhilM]

This has come up several times before. Please see here:
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthre...701#post550701

Phil

[Grafix Smelter]

@ PhilM

Thanks for the heads up. I did search the forum for an answer before posting, but obviously I was using the wrong choice of words.
I have been setting up SolidWorks for dual dimensions and the precision it uses, so I assumed all "pro" packages handled these settings for there own use, which XDP11 nominally does.
I forgot Micro$oft has an OS level setting.

What this exercise has done is made me check out the basics. The european / UK standard for the decimal placement "display" symbol in drawings is the comma "," but to enter a decimal value you still use the full stop ".". There are quite a few layers of menus to go through to get the various CAD/CAM/Graphics packages I use set-up correctly.

Thanks again, your solution was spot on!