'Mixing' inch and metric in an assembly

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So far, I either used imperial or metric for parts/assemblies, so I am curious how to

use both at the same time.

Say I want to create the enclosure for some piping, for whatever reason.

Pipes are all imperial (1inch, 3/8, whatever).

My idea is to model the piping structure, and use it as sub-assembly, so I can use it as a reference, I guess, for enclosure, which will, of course, use metric :slight_smile:

Now, anything I should lookout for?

IIRC, there is a way to show ‘secondary’ dimensions, but I am curious how that works with

modelling in-context.

Hopefully, the question isn’t (too) confusing, I’d presume this is not that uncommon use-case.

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When modeling you can use both. For example, if your model is set to Imperial, you can enter a value such as 25mm, and it will use the metric value.

If you need to show both types of dimensions in a drawing you can override the dimension type and save it as a Style so it’s easy to apply to more dimensions.

If this is something you will be doing fairly often it will be well worth the trouble of creating your pipe as weldments. If you need to do that, and aren’t familiar with the process, I’ll be happy to help you get it set up.

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Thanks, @Glenn_Schroeder, I appreciate the offer to help :slight_smile:

Haven’t played with weldments yet, but I’ll sure ask of I ever do.

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I am intrigued now :slight_smile:

Since (heating) piping is welded together (it’s a 60+ years old building),

now I am curious how (and why) to use weldments.

So, @Glenn_Schroeder , when you have some spare time, I’d love some tips/pointers on how to set this up.

I can only offer my thanks and $beverage_of_choice if we ever meet :slight_smile:

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@pedja Here is the Help file link about Weldments
Design

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There are a number of reasons. Below are the first two that occurred to me.

  • Weldments just uses a pre-defined sketch (saved as a .sldlfp file) to create a Sweep, so it saves the time required to recreate the sketch every time.
  • You can create custom properties in the .sldlfp file, which will transfer to the Part as cut list properties, which can be referenced in Drawings.
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@Glenn_Schroeder : This is a post about SolidEdge, not SOLIDWORKS.