Why does the datagroup catalog editor show those strange units?
Andreas,
I tried this my end , but I'm seeing proper units while creating a new catalog Item/ Type.
Can you please check by creating a new Destination file ? , since units setting gets enabled when you create a new destination file .
Guess you might be using some existing destination file ...
Thanks,
Sandeep
I do use an exisiting destination file - "NODE_Structural.xml".
The screenshot below shows both the dialogue box for a new item, and the start of the destination file.
Andreas, does the element place using imperial units? The reason I ask is that the units in the New Catalog Item dialog are grayed out, so perhaps it's not actually reading those values. Even when I create a new catalog item written to a new XML file, witth mm/mm chosen at the units, going back and adding a new catalog item to that file (or any other).
Sorry, I didn't catch that.
What do you mean with "the element place using imperial units"?
For example, if you place it with a width of "1000", does it actually measure 1000mm?
Yes, it does.
Regardless of which xml file I choose, it always shows ft/in. Needless to say we don't use that units in either of the xml files.
So it is placing/measuring correctly, it's just when setting up a new file that the grayed out ft/in always makes an appearance, regardless of the source or destination files?
Setting up a new file allows me to choose whichever units I like, so I'd use mm.
It's just greyed out when defining a new item in an existing file that the units are greyed out and show US-units.
Gotcha... Honestly, I'm not sure why that is. It suppose it doesn't have any negative effect other than the disconcerting appearance of ft/in (though grayed out) in a metric file.