Defining Units and Quantities

A system of measurement for units and quantities in Visual Components Premium 4.9 is defined as a unit family. Within each unit family are unit groups containing units. Every unit is defined by a quantity that is either a scalar (magnitude) or vector (magnitude and direction).

Visual Components Premium 4.9 supports multiple systems of measurement, but only one unit family can be active at a time. Generally, you should use the system of measurement common to your field of work or region.

1. Click the File tab, and then on the Navigation pane, click Options.
2. In General options, under Personalize, in the Units list, click an available unit family.

In all cases, components and layouts are saved internally using the metric system, and then automatically converted to display the correct values based on your Unit preference. In cases where you are importing a CAD file, there is a Units setting that can be used to automatically handle unit conversion for that file.