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August 12, 2008

Solidworks 2009: Dual Units In Measure

It really is the simple enhancements year after year that most people really like.  Solidworks 2009 is full of them.  One thats especially useful is the ability to have dual units in the measure tool.  To enable this feature, you have to go into the settings of the measure tool.  To accomplish this, hit the 'D' key while in a Solidworks file (or Tools > Measure).  Then click the button that has the IN/MM on it.  This will get you to the settings window:

Measure_1

Click on the use dual units option, and then set the unit type, and precision.  Click ok, and you now have dual units for the measure tool, both in the box, and the flyout window:

Measure_2

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You know Mike, I'll use this all the time and I'm glad to see that it is there but this has to be one of those low hanging fruits that someone at SW will claim as an "enhancement request that we did for the people". Come on, this was a simple code change to show dual units. They need to show us real change...

Steve

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