Units

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Units

You can set the units for all Graphical Sheets.

The possible units are:

clip0299 Mil/Thou.

clip0300 Inches

clip0295 Microns

clip0296 MM

clip0297 CM

clip0298 Meters

To set the units for a sheet click on the appropriate button in the clip0294 Tools ribbon button group.

clip0303 Set Design Settings to Imperial (Inches). This will set snap and grid spacing to 0.1" for all schematics and the PCB. Units will be set to inches for all schematics and the PCB. This will apply to all new projects. Existing schematic symbols and wires will be snapped to the new grid.
clip0302Set Design Settings to Metric. This will set snap and grid spacing to 2 mm for all schematics and to 1 mm for the PCB. Units will be set to cm for all schematics and to mm for the PCB. This will apply to all new projects.