As Built App Metric Defaults

[mthd97]

Hi all, is there a way to set the wall thickness default to say 110mm so that every time I create a room it has these defaults ? I know I can create a room edit the wall thickness and drag a copy. 
 

Seems like that this app would need to have a metric template version to be useful where metric units is the convention ?
 

I created a room and edited the walls to 110mm thick and made the room size 4800mm x 4800mm by editing the dimensions. I then click on the dimensions and I get 4800.001mm when I have set the default units to mm with zero decimal places ???

 

I think this is the case because the app is set to imperial units as its base. It would be good to have a metric template base version for regions that use metric units.

 

Thank you in advance.

Edited Monday at 03:34 AM by mthd97

[ValleyGuy]

7 hours ago, mthd97 said:

Hi all, is there a way to set the wall thickness default to say 110mm so that every time I create a room it has these defaults ? I know I can create a room edit the wall thickness and drag a copy. 
 

Seems like that this app would need to have a metric template version to be useful where metric units is the convention ?
 

I created a room and edited the walls to 110mm thick and made the room size 4800mm x 4800mm by editing the dimensions. I then click on the dimensions and I get 4800.001mm when I have set the default units to mm with zero decimal places ???

 

I think this is the case because the app is set to imperial units as its base. It would be good to have a metric template base version for regions that use metric units.

 

Thank you in advance.

 

I haven't found any global default adjustment location past the few basic ones. I may be incorrect, but I suspect that the program can't get too bulky with options and still function on the small horse powered devices. I wouldn't be surprised if the default wall thickness stays at the one pre programmed option (114mm) , just like the only door option is a hinged door.

 

As for the triple decimal showing up, I did a quick room scan and found that once I manually adjusted the wall thickness and moved the walls to 4800mm, I had all but one wall measurement record the unwanted .001 mm add on, even though the default was set to zero decimal positions.

I also placed a room and set walls to 110mm and room size to 4800mm and every dimension was correct with zero decimal positions... until I pushed one wall to 5500mm and back again to 4800mm, this prompted the .001 to show up again on all of the measurements. 

I'd say this is a bug and suggest that you let Chief know about it.

 

[mthd97]

15 hours ago, ValleyGuy said:

 

I'd say this is a bug and suggest that you let Chief know about it.

 

I think the app was designed to work in imperial units initially and it is basically an upgrade from the older Home app we used to have. Probably just needs a metric one for lands that use those units maybe ?

 

I personally would prefer to use home designer pro on a windows tablet pc for an as built survey. For regular home owners this app would help them to take an initial scan for us to start with anyway.

[ValleyGuy]

7 hours ago, mthd97 said:

I think the app was designed to work in imperial units initially and it is basically an upgrade from the older Home app we used to have. Probably just needs a metric one for lands that use those units maybe ?

 

This possibly could be the case.

 

Even though we are a Commonwealth country, only government jobs use metric that I know of here. I agree with having a separate metric template, especially if the common wall thickness is consistent between metric using countries - changing every wall ever scanned would be a royal pain for sure!