Metric/Imperial 'Feedback' idea

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Metric/Imperial 'Feedback' idea

Post by Clive » Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:37 pm

I am working on a project in QCAD and I need to document measurements of every entity I draw both in metric (millimeters) and Imperial (inches), I cannot find any easy way of doing this and so I am suggesting that a new feature may be considered for development for QCAD in which both the metric and imperial measurements could be fed back in an easy way , maybe a new tool added to the 'Info' tool set!

For example if I draw a line of 3.27mm what is that in inches, using an online converter tells me it's 0.146inches - but how could I have got this information quickly from QCAD?

Using an online converter continuously would be very tiresome!

...Or maybe this would be an exciting candidate for the 'QCAD 3 ' script Add-On & Plug-in challenge ' forum, any enthusiast developers/coders out there ?

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Re: Metric/Imperial converter idea

Post by Husky » Fri Jan 09, 2015 7:43 pm

Hello Clive,

First of all ....
Clive wrote:For example if I draw a line of 3.27mm what is that in inches, using an online converter tells me it's 0.146inches
... you should use an other online converter. :lol: :lol: :lol:

3.27 mm = 0.12874 inch :wink:




Second of all ...
Clive wrote: ...but how could I have got this information quickly from QCAD?.
How about:
Select the whole drawing - copy it into the clipboard - paste it back in the drawing with a scale of 1/25.4? Select the dim of the inch copy - use the Property Editor to change the label into <> inch or <> "

30 seconds work = everything is converted from Metric to imperial! :wink:
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Re: Metric/Imperial converter idea

Post by Clive » Sat Jan 10, 2015 12:06 am

Husky wrote: ... you should use an other online converter. :lol: :lol: :lol:

3.27 mm = 0.12874 inch :wink:
Oh yes , so it is - hey what's a few different numbers between friends :lol:


Husky wrote: Second of all ...
Clive wrote: ...but how could I have got this information quickly from QCAD?.
How about:
Select the whole drawing - copy it into the clipboard - paste it back in the drawing with a scale of 1/25.4? Select the dim of the inch copy - use the Property Editor to change the label into <> inch or <> "

30 seconds work = everything is converted from Metric to imperial! :wink:
I think my original thread title was misleading, so I've changed it!

I want to draw in metric and to be able to get feedback about line lengths etc. both in metric and imperial at the same time 8) - not convert my entire drawing to imperial.
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Re: Metric/Imperial converter idea

Post by Husky » Sun Jan 11, 2015 8:40 am

Clive wrote:... hey what's a few different numbers between friends :lol:
Where you're right you're right! 8)


Clive wrote: ... I want to draw in metric and to be able to get feedback about line lengths etc. both in metric and imperial at the same time 8) - not convert my entire drawing to imperial.
Well ... yes ... understood!
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Re: Metric/Imperial 'Feedback' idea

Post by shredtrucks » Fri Mar 13, 2015 4:51 am

i created my selft Metric to Decimal calculator including 16/ths Fractions Converter

http://www.axo.cc/decimal-inch-fractions-converter/en

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