Posted by claus82 on Nov 13, 2013; 2:46pm
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/Entering-architectural-dimensions-on-command-line-tp5709151p5709180.html

Hi Tyrel, I could add the image finally! Probably there was some problem in my town to the connection...
EDIT > CURRENT DRAWING PREFERENCES > UNITS

In this way I can give dimensions in the way you need.
Remember that in order to draw a 43'-9'' line you have to enter 525 inches because 1 foot = 12 inches, but when you will give dimensions to the line will appear correctly 43'-9''.
Notice that I left the Label box empty

Finally, look at the picture down here, if the solution above did not work, you can have another "extreme" solution if you enter manually the dimensions by yourself in the Label box that appears, but this solution takes too long. You may enter any text, not only numbers, for example 43'-9'' or anything else, for example I wrote "hello tyrel!" instead of a number.


Sorry for the delay, I hope I have been useful my friend, I am not that good at source codes and similar, so I posted the answer now (late), let me know if you did it!
Bye!
Claudio