units synchronization alert

I get this when I start PowerCivil for the first time. My options are Metric or Quit. I am an IT guy not a PowerCivil user. They want English units so what now?

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  • Hi,

    the "Civil" portion of PowerCivil read the MicroStation design file unit setting when you open the program and enter a DGN.

    If the DGN units are different from the currently set Civil units, it pops up the message you see.

    What this is tell you is that the current DGN file is Metric and the Civil software wants to synchronize the "Civil" settings to Metric so everything is in "synch".

    It sounds like you wish to use an Imperial DGN file - correct?

    Do you want International feet or USA feet?

    There are a number of DGN "seed" files delivered with PowerCivil, you just need to start with an Imperial one.

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  • Hi,

    the "Civil" portion of PowerCivil read the MicroStation design file unit setting when you open the program and enter a DGN.

    If the DGN units are different from the currently set Civil units, it pops up the message you see.

    What this is tell you is that the current DGN file is Metric and the Civil software wants to synchronize the "Civil" settings to Metric so everything is in "synch".

    It sounds like you wish to use an Imperial DGN file - correct?

    Do you want International feet or USA feet?

    There are a number of DGN "seed" files delivered with PowerCivil, you just need to start with an Imperial one.

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