I have been using decimal feet as the Drawing Units for my designs. However, the builder I work with prefers feet and inches--especially the team that does the hardscapes.
My question: If I have a plan that's in decimal feet, can I change the units to Architectural feet and inches--and have the drawing remain accurate?
-David
OR, can I just change my Dimstyle so that when I show spot elevations and dimensions, they'll display in feet and inches?
David,
You can edit your dimstyle to display Feet and Inches. We show a couple ways to do that here.
Our Spot Elevations currently do not have a setting to display feet and inches, although it's certainly something that we could add. In the meantime, you could always buy your hardscape crew this snappy decimal measuring tape. 
--J
Thank you. I changed the dimstyle successfully. Perfect.
In this case, the trouble is with the spot elevations.
I notice that plans from landscape architects give the spot els in decimal feet. But in talking with the guys who build these things, it's clear that they prefer inches--and are annoyed with having to convert. I've given them a table that translates inches to decimals. Maybe the tape measure is the next step.
They are not my crew--I get hired by them when they need drawings or designs--so I want to keep them happy.
David,
Luckily the Spot Elevation is governed by a dialog box, so it would be fairly straightforward to add a unit display preference to it.
Maybe someday, space aliens will conquer us, and we'll finally be forced to use the metric system.
--J
Yeah. If the space aliens come, I will provide the beer. Liters of it.
I'm not sure how many other people would want such a feature for the spot elevations. I know that I'd score some points.
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