- Status Assigned
- Percent Complete
- Task Type Feature Request
- Category QCAD (main)
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Assigned To
Andrew - Operating System All
- Severity Low
- Priority Very Low
- Reported Version 3.26.4
- Due in Version Undecided
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Due Date
Undecided
- Votes
- Private
FS#2272 - Support unit "US survey foot"
In the US, it is (unfortunately) still common to use US survey foot. It seems at least some DXF applications/libraries support this unit as a $INSUNITS
value, some references:
There are two issues regarding this with QCAD:
- If you open a document with
$INSUNITS
being 21, it’s reset to 0 (unitless/unspecified) when saved again, even when not changing anything. - It is not possible to select these units in the GUI.
I don’t know about standardization of these values, but my hope is that it’s at least possible to preserve the unit in an existing drawing. Given that this unit is supposed to be obsolete in some years, it might seem less important, but due to this transition, it might get even more important to be able to distinguish between units. Thanks!
Please refer to:
https://qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=9562
Regards,
CVH