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changing api input units
hi, i am trying to change the input units from metric to imperial and from radians to degrees.
i have tried using the swmodeldoc.setuserpreferenceintegervalue and that changes the units in the document properties just fine.
however that seems to be just for manually inserted sketches (using mouse), and when i try to create a sketch though the api it still draws in metric/rad.
ex:
swmodel.createline2 0,0,0,1,0,0
creates a line from origin 1 meter long and i need it to be 1 inch long.
the values i was using are:
swunitsangular & swunitsystem
is there more i need to change
currently i have setup some constants to handle the conversions, but the code is rather ugly and i'm trying to clean it up.
chris,
as far as i understand it, the api only and always works in metric.
kevin bennett
kevinsbennett@navitech.us
serious?
well that's just uncool.
originally posted by: chris usselman
serious? well that's just uncool.
chris,
kevin is right. internally solidworks (and in api) works in meters and radians.
jorn bjarning
cswp
cad & plm consultant
sw2008 sp5 / sw2009 sp2
hmm, oh well, thanks for the quick replies fellas.
check out userunit, it is an api object that converts units to system units.
quick