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Once you set your preferences for the Unit system, click on OK and the units will be set for that document.

The last section, Motion Units will be mostly predefined based on the last selection from the first four unit systems, then for the custom unit system you may select a new time unit. But for the Custom unit system the Mass/Section Properties will be available for change. The next section of the Unit System is Mass/Section Properties, and the units will be set automatically based on the top four Unit system selection. Under the More column click and select whether you would like the number to be rounded the nearest fraction or the format changed. If you select Inches, or feet and inches, and none for “Decimals” the area under “Fractions” will clear and you will be able to add a number for the denominator of the fractional unit (like 16 or 32). Select the units then set the decimal precision. The Units area will become unshaded, and a dropdown will be available. If you want to create a dimension system that is other than those listed in the standards, select Custom. The last section applies to the decimal rounding method for dimensions. As well as allowing the specification of precision, and alternative Dual Dimension Length and Angle. This will also set the defaults for Basic Units, Mass/Section Properties and Motion Units. In this case they are set to MMGS (millimeter, gram, second). NOTE: the underlined characters represent hot-keys that may be used with the “Alt” key to make selections (in this case Alt-g selects, ”MMGS”). The Unit System at the top will set measurement and dimensional and property units based on those listed. Now, click on the Document Properties tab and you will see this list of items.Ĭlick on the Units Item and it will look like this. When there is file open in SOLIDWORKS it will look like this: There is only one tab to select because there are no SOLIDWORKS documents open. Once the system options dialog is open it will look like this: The second is to click on the Options Icon from the Quick start toolbar. The first way is to use the menu Tools – Options. There are two ways to access the System Options. The unit system is stored in the System Options – Document Properties tab – Units. If you want to skip past the background info and go straight to customizing or changing the unit system in SOLIDWORKS, click here. Before you can learn how to change the unit systems in SOLIDWORKS you should know how it stores and uses the unit system. Today I want to talk about how to change the unit system in SOLIDWORKS.