dimensions/ metric ,imperial

[bones]

I am part way thru a plan in metric and want to also show imperial,i cant figure out how .when i go to defaults dimensions edit it only shows metric,

[Glenn Woodward]

Go to the Secondary Format tab and check Include Secondary Format.

[RMorrison]

And don't forget that you can usually enter a dimension in either metric or imperial format, regardless of what format you're currently working in. If you're working in metric, you can place a cabinet and type 36" for its width, say, and it will convert to the metric equivalent automatically. Metric/Imperial interoperability is one of the things Chief does quite well.

[bones]

Sorry but where is the secondary format tab

[RMorrison]

Chief has this nifty "Help" feature. Just press F1 and you can find out.

[bones]

sorry but i looked all thru the help and cant figure it out. the problem is when i go to edit defaults dimensions there is no choice for imperial ,only metric,which i started drawing the plan with.when i go to new plan edit defaults dimensions i can choose either.

[kenoeightspot]

In "secondary" dim. tab check include second format.

[bones]

Thank you for your help. i am back at this and still having the same problem. My "Dimension Line Specification" window only has four tabs: Dimension, Extension, Layer, and Arrow. It does not have the three additional tabs that appear in the screen shot you sent me. I have Chief Architect X1 11.5.3.25.

In the nifty help feature I searched Secondary Format and it returns nothing and i searched Dimension line specification and it shows instruction on the dialog box that I get not the one in the screenshot you sent.

Any ideas?

Bones

[Kilgore Trout]

I'm sorry, Doctor, I have no time to explain this logically.
- Spock

I don't think there is any easy way to do what you want in X1. You might want to consider upgrading.

[Glenn Woodward]

The secondary format was introduced in X2