How can I get Xara to always display in "mm" (and never in "cm")

Hello

How can I get Xara Designer Pro to always show "mm" and never in "cm"?

Background
I have executed: Right-click on empty space ==> Page Options ==> Units ==> Page Units ==> "Millimeters".

But if the size of the object is greater than 0.5mm, then it suddenly starts showing it in "cm" rather than in "mm".
e.g. if you manually enter "0.55mm" it is shown as "0.05cm".
Whereas I would even as large as 301mm to be shown as "301mm", rather than "30.1cm"

Thanks

J

are you using pro+

what you describe should not happen, but another member has reported issues with units in pro+

this may be linked and a bug....

https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...e-Unit-Display

Should this be in Graphics Chat?

Can you create a template with your units of choice? And make it your default template?

Is shouldn't happen. I've just sized up to 12,000mm with no change of units.

If you can define Units, perhaps set 1mil == 1mm and use that?

I also have my MS Windows number accuracy set to 3 decimal figures: Settings > Region > Formats > Additional settings > Numbers.
Xara's input boxes are quite small but it avoids rounding in a lot of cases.

Acorn

any thoughts on what egg's problem is/was, as linked ?

I am using:
"Xara Designer Pro X 19.0.0.63929 DL x64 Mar 3 2022"

Ah-ha - I have found the culprit!
I had scaling set at: "1cm" to "10cm".
I have changed it from "1mm" to "10mm"
And it now stays in "mm" units.

Thanks all

J


PS Is there an easy way to fix the number of decimal places that are displayed when an object is selected?
e.g.
Actual 1.0mm ==> "1mm"
Actual 1.1mm ==> "1.1mm"
Actual 1.55mm ==> "1.5mm"
Actual 1.555mm ==> "1.6mm"

Answered above in #4.

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Originally Posted by handrawn

any thoughts on what egg's problem is/was, as linked ?

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handrawn, Egg has deeper problems as his XPro+v23.0 isn't downloading.

Tiptoe away quietly.

Acorn

i was never here...

I got my coat...

No point, I'm still here ;). I've managed to get Xara Pro+ v23 to download but my system still displays nonsensical units thus:

below 5” displays as pts
above 5” displays as inches but only as integers

below 5 cm displays as mm’s
above 5cm displays as cm’s but only integers

And I have no Scaling set.

I don't think this is Shipens issue as he is using scaling.

now I have an issue, unrelated too i think, and ver 19 specific it seems

if I use the straight line tool with ctrl+drag to force a horizontal/vertical line then the length is reported correctly on the info bar, but the width is said to be 0px; and then entering numeric values no longer works as it should
never noticed this before, but dont use straightline tool much...

What happens if you click the 'Scale Line Width' icon HD? I get 0 px height for a 2 px line but clicking this icon changes the display to 2px.

thanks egg.. no idea how that got toggled, another thing i cannot remember the last time i used :o

Bit like me with inches/centimeters thing I guess.

egg check your windows settings - i can replicate your issue if i set my 'no of digits after decimal' to 0

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Originally Posted by handrawn

thanks egg.. no idea how that got toggled, another thing i cannot remember the last time i used :o

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Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill

What happens if you click the 'Scale Line Width' icon HD? I get 0 px height for a 2 px line but clicking this icon changes the display to 2px.

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Originally Posted by handrawn

now I have an issue, unrelated too i think, and ver 19 specific it seems
if I use the straight line tool with ctrl+drag to force a horizontal/vertical line then the length is reported correctly on the info bar, but the width is said to be 0px; and then entering numeric values no longer works as it should
never noticed this before, but dont use straightline tool much...

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Both, it has been like this since dot. When Scale line width is Off, you have a zero thickness shape with a Line width only. Convert Line to Shape and you get a shape with a Width that was the Line width.
When Scale line width is On and you Scale the Line the Line width changes but the Width shows the Line width, indicating the Line is still a zero thickness shape; scale zero and you still get zero.
When you try to add a Width to a Line you cannot because a Line has no Width. If it did you would force a Line to become a Shape.

Acorn

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egg check your windows settings - i can replicate your issue if i set my 'no of digits after decimal' to 0

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Spot on HD!!! Thanks for that. Problem solved. =D>

you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours....:)

as I said in your original thread, the clue was in watching the video closely...;)

Nice that I was on the case in https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...904#post653904. it was a tip from @covoxer many years back.

Acorn

post #4 right ? - that was in response to shiphen's issue, not egg's.... but you were on the right lines :D

there is an issue with the progam anyway if it cannot handle zero decimal places correctly....

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Originally Posted by handrawn

post #4 right ? - that was in response to shiphen's issue, not egg's.... but you were on the right lines :D
there is an issue with the progam anyway if it cannot handle zero decimal places correctly....

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Or Microsoft.

Acorn

point taken - I don't run windows with zero decimal places so I do't know if it affects anything else [ and I am on windows 10, I believe egg is on 11]