Trying to change floor plan units to millimeters but does not work

[Robert]

Hi,

I want to create a floor plan with millimeters as base unit. I created a new
page with the floor plan shape and changed the unit to millimeters in the
page properties. However, when I drag a wall to the page, it shows it's
length in feet and inches. I can specify the length of the wall in millmeters
but it still displays the result in feet and inches.

Does anyone have a clue how I can change that?

Thanks and regards, Robert

 

[David J Parker [MVP Visio]]

Well, I have both Metric and US Unit stencils.
I created a Metric Floor Plan, which defaults to millimeters.
I changed the Measurement Units to Feet Inches ... the Wall Length shows as
feet and decimal inches, without displayed units

I created a US Units Floor Plan, which defaults to Feet and Inches
(displayed with units and fractional inches)
I changed the measurement Units to Millimeters ... the Wall Length continues
to display in Feet and Inches.

It turns out that the text block has it's own Shape Data settings that
control the display ... but it is difficult to change.
I'll write out the instructions, if you are still listening?

 

[David J Parker [MVP Visio]]

This should help:
http://bvisual.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!3350D61BC93733A9!1892.entry