
The problems will lurk for years as these files won't show stuff correctly. I'm beginning to wonder if this is worth a macro/api to update the Document properties when we change templates.

Sure would have been nice to know what we were doing when we started and had all the templates and custom properties set correctly from the beginning. So I think this is a solution, problem is it's another change to several templates and then the several thousand files out there started with wrong templates. It looks like I can set the dimensions back to two places in the Settings->Doc Properties->Drafting Standard->Dimensions to override what was set in Units. I'll look into Styles, haven't had opportunity or need to go there yet with SW Drawings. If I set the "Units" precision to four places in the drawing Settings->Doc Properties then the note shows up as desired, regardless of what model is set to (in this case).īut now all the dimensions are four places just as you showed, but expecting users to manually set dimensions back to 2 places on every single new drawing is not going to work. So apparently $SPRPSHEET:"Thickness" on the drawing doesn't pull the "Evaluated Value" from the model. The Doc Properties in the model will make it evaluate correctly there, but not on the drawing. By using the “ Independence from language! It will be the same with the less-used foot unit, better to type ‘.I believe you could fix the issue by changing your Units to display the desired number of decimals (Tools > Options > Document Properties > Units) maybe on the Drawing, and maybe on the Part, and maybe both.

The Polish version of SolidWorks, select from a list or enter cal, but it will be in English in (an abbreviation of. Why is it better than the quote symbol to enter the word cal?īecause, that the name of the unit depends on the language. In case of, When the main unit of the document are millimeters, and the need to introduce the dimension in inches, enter the dimension symbol “. If, however, you are designing a piping or hydraulic / pneumatic, You can also enter the dimensions in the other unit. You can do this in the window modify developing tab units.Īlternatively you can enter 600 ‘ (apostrophe). However, you are designing a yacht or boat, and the need to introduce a time dimension in feet. Imagine the situation, unit where the document is millimeters.

You can, of course, quickly change the status bar, or click Edit document units (bar) or directly in the Options > document properties.
