settings in inches, but drawing displays only in m

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settings in inches, but drawing displays only in m

zaphead
Hi folks, I have the drawing and application settings both configured to use inches, however the drawing is displaying dimensions in m. I created the drawing shapes in inches and the conversion to m is correct, but I want the drawing to dimensions to display inches and I'm not sure what else to do.

I'm using M1 mac and LibreCad info:
Version: 2.2.0
Compiler: Clang 13.0.0
Compiled on: Dec 17 2022
Qt Version: 5.15.7
Boost Version: 1.80.0
System: macOS 12.6


Sincerely,
Ben
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Re: settings in inches, but drawing displays only in m

EmmyToy
LibreCAD provides settings for both drawing units and display units.

Open LibreCAD and go to Edit - Drawing Settings - Drawing Options - General tab - Drawing Units make sure you select "Inches" as the unit of measure.

Then go to the Display tab in the Drawing Options dialog - Display Units section make sure you also select Inches as the unit - OK to save the changes.

After making these changes, the picture should be displayed in inches, according to your settings.

instruction page Drawing Preferences
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Re: settings in inches, but drawing displays only in m

zaphead
Thank you for replying. Unfortunately, the menu structure of my version does not match your description. The closest I've found to selecting units is by:
Options->Current Document Preferences->Units
I set these to "Inches" and it still displays in meters on my dimensioned drawing.