how to change units from mm to inches?

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how to change units from mm to inches?

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I'm creating a part that needs to interface with several other parts that are all specified in inches, so it would be most convenient to simply switch my FreeCAD model to inches too. I can't see how to do this, however. Where is the option for switching the default unit system in a model (or for the application in general)?

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Re: how to change units from mm to inches?

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Preferences -> General -> Units

You can input any kind of unit all the time. The preferences just switch the display of the units in your preferred system. Internally FreeCAD always works with mm,kg,s.
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Re: how to change units from mm to inches?

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Assuming you are using FreeCAD 0.14dev compiled from master, :)
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Re: how to change units from mm to inches?

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Right, only in 0.14 :? I forgot...
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Re: how to change units from mm to inches?

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When will a compiled release of 0.14 be available?
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Re: how to change units from mm to inches?

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For what operating system? Please keep in mind FreeCAD is multiplatform and supports Windows, MacOS X and a gazillion Linux distributions. The mentioned units are already supported on Ubuntu, but only in the Sketcher, as other parts of the GUI still need to be implemented.
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Re: how to change units from mm to inches?

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OS: Windows 7
Platform: 32-bit
Version: 0.13.1828
Python version: 2.6.2
Qt version: 4.5.2
Coin version: 3.1.0
SoQt version: 1.4.1
OCC version: 6.3.0

How do I use inches if I am using 0.13?
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Re: how to change units from mm to inches?

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You don't.
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Re: how to change units from mm to inches?

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Jim54 wrote:OS: Windows 7
Platform: 32-bit
Version: 0.13.1828
Python version: 2.6.2
Qt version: 4.5.2
Coin version: 3.1.0
SoQt version: 1.4.1
OCC version: 6.3.0

How do I use inches if I am using 0.13?
use a calculator (or your head :) ) 1 inch =25.4mm. If you model is not requiring much precision, e.g. some wooden furniture, you can probably just "pretend" 1mm =1 inch.

But really just upgrade, either your FreeCAD version or your measurement system or both. :)
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Re: how to change units from mm to inches?

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You can't even in 0.14. You can tell it to use us measurments and it will sometimes display inches but it may also choose to do feet or yards and you can't control it. It is very annoying. I want to say only inches and no other unit type but you cannot do this.
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