How to Change Units to Feet or Feet & Inches with Inch Fraction Options

David Severud
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Problem

This article goes over how to change SOLIDWORKS Document Properties Units to show Fractions.

Solution

  1. Go to Options > Document Properties > Units
Go to the Units section of Document Properties

  1. Change the Unit System to Custom, which allows the Length option from Basic Units to change

    Change to Custom

  2. Under the Length dropdown, select microinches, mils, inches, or feet & inches in order to be able to use the Fractions selection

    Units that can be used
  3. Select the box under Fractions to decide on a fraction denominator from 2 to 256. (In the example below, the number "8" is entered. Entering "16", for example, will allow precision of up to 1/16th of an inch.)
select fractions
  1. Select the box under More that shows “…” 
  2. Select "Round to Nearest Fraction" to have the inches round to the nearest fraction. Note: If this selection is not made, then only exact fractions will show.
Select more and select round to nearest fraction

For additional support, existing customers can submit a ticket or new customers can contact Hawk Ridge Systems.

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