para-CAD Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 I saw a great video by Eric/Solver where he wrote a macro to change inch output to Feet & Inches. Is there a way to universally change ALL system dimensions (or even selected dimensions I suppose) to be Feet - Inch - Sixteenths (FIS), like the truss companies use? I would like to dimension my plans using FIS. The format would look like 10-1-12 for 10'-1 ¾" Maybe Eric or the macro man from Alaska can figure this out. Thanks for any input. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 As long as a GC is OK with this and is willing to explain to subs, I like it. Any of us used to working with truss manufacturers are already up to speed. I'll go make a suggestion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 Chief will almost do that with regular settings. I would need to tinker a bit to see if there was a way to clean it up with spaces and an extra dash though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renerabbitt Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 23 hours ago, para-CAD said: The format would look like 10-1-12 for 10'-1 ¾" I had a version in my old plan template .. not a macro, a font, and you would use it for dimensions only. It’s a quick google search. You are simply replacing the character space with a ‘-‘ and generating a system font with that switch then applying that font to all dimensions through text styles etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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