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#62449 by Bob Shaw
Tue Nov 19, 2013 2:53 pm
One of my drawing files does not display the ' & " in dimensions. Instead of, lets say, 2'-3" they read 2-3. I assume there must be a toggle somewhere that turns them off and on but I can't find it.
I tried copying in a correctly displayed dimension from another file (ctrl E) but the dimension reverts to 2-3 rather than 2'-3" so I'm assuming it's something specific to this file.
#62451 by Roger D
Tue Nov 19, 2013 3:05 pm
It's your scale settings, should have show units selected.
Settings / Scale Type / Arch you'll find it at S3
#62461 by wwwylie
Wed Nov 20, 2013 2:07 pm
Got this one from Josh Huggins a long time ago: Create a toolbar button for preference settings setup. This sets up everything the way it is in my default drawing. The code below may or may not match the comments below that because I may have changed it in the past without updating the comments.

This is the first button I hit when opening an old drawing or one from someone else.
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Code: Select allHint00=Wade's Preferences
Icon00=Users - Wade
A00=^¶^º^¼^¾^À^Ä^Å^Í^Ï^Ö^×^Ü^Þ^à^æ^è^ë^î^ò^÷^ú^ü^1011#^1016#^1019#^1025#^X^S5^0$^:^F9^F3^:^F0^F2^F1^S6^:^F0^F3^F1^:^F0^F5^15$^:^F0^F6^999$^:^F0^F7^25$^:^F0^F9^30$^:^S1^F5^F1^S9^0$^0.$^F2^S9^0$^0$^F3^S9^0$^0$^:^S1^F0^8$^:^S1^S1^0$^:^S2^S2^0$^:^S2^S2^0$^:^S2^S4^0$^:^S2^S5^12$^:^S2^S6^F2^S0^:^S3^S2^F2^F3^F6^F7^F8^S4^15$^;^S6^S2^F1^0.75$^F2^F1^S0^F3^1.5$^F4^1$^F5^F1^;^S9^GRIDLOCK$^F3^S0^;^S7^S6^1$^S0^d^F1^S2^F1^Mr. Hand$^;^


//Preference Codes
// ¶ = Relative Polar
// º = Walls off
// ¼ = Walls by Sides
// ¾ = Symbol Explode On
// À = Symbol Dynamic Rotate On
// Ä = Geometry/Offset Dynamic Off
// Å = 2D Dynamic On
// Í = And Copy Off
// Ï = Snap Aperture Off
// Ö = Clip Cubes Off
// × = Layer Search On
// Ü = Window/Door by Sides
// Þ = Associative Hatch On
// à = Associative Dimension On
// æ = Wall Cap/Clean Off
// è = Draw Jambs Off
// ë = Plot Preview On
// î = TextScale Off
// ò = AllCaps Off
// ÷ = Filled Arrow Heads Off
// ú = Turn Offset Perpendicular On
// ü = Turn Hatch Type Locked On
// 1011# = Symbol Browser Off
// 1016# = 1 Line Trim by Entity On
// 1019# = Offset Snap Off
// 1025# = Auto3D (Smart Walls) Off
// ^X^S5^0$^ = Set Offset Snap to 0
// ^:^F9^F3^ = Freehand Polylines
// ^:^F0^F2^F1^S6^ = Scale Type Architectural 32th
// ^:^F0^F3^F1^ = Angle Type Normal
// ^:^F0^F5^15$^ = Cursor Search Area Miss Distance 15
// ^:^F0^F6^999$^ = Small Grid Display Size 999
// ^:^F0^F7^25$^ = Scroll Distance 25
// ^:^F0^F9^30$^ = Save Delay 30 Mins
// ^:^S1^F5^F1^S9^0$^0.$^F2^S9^0$^0$^F3^S9^0$^0$^ = Grids & Snap - 0" x 0"
// ^:^S1^F0^8$^ = Snap Angle 8
// ^:^S1^S1^0$^ = Grid Angle 0
// ^:^S2^S2^0$^ = Smallest Text to Display 0
// ^:^S2^S2^0$^ = Smallest Text Box Color / No Change
// ^:^S2^S4^0$^ = Smallest Symbol to Display 0
// ^:^S2^S5^12$^ = Arc Factor 12
// ^:^S2^S6^F2^S0^ = Active Layer Drawn Last
// ^:^S3^S2^F2^F3^F6^F7^F8^S4^15$^= Object Snap Settings: None, End, Mid, Quad, Intersect, Perp, Snap Miss Distance 15,
// ^;^S6^S2^F1^0.75$^F2^F1^S0^F3^1.5$^F4^1$^F5^F1^ = Arrows, Size=0.75, Style=Open, Aspect=1.5, Weight=1, Color=White
// ^;^S9^GRIDLOCK$^F3^S0^ = Apply grid lock to all layers
// ^;^S7^S6^1$^S0^ = Set Line weight to 1
// NOT USED (DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK) ^a^S7^F5^F6^ = Door / Window Layer Search set to Any Layer
// ^d^F1^S2^F1^Mr. Hand$^ = Load Dimension Style Mr. Hand
// NOT USED (DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK) ^;^S6^S7^F3^0.2$^F4^F5^F1^F2^F2^1$^F3^S7^24$^F4^0.3$^F6^F1^ = ParaText Margin 2" Boundary On Dotted 3" Hidden Color

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