Metric (SI) Weights

Celotil · 28 Sept 2010, 10:33

I was just tooling around with building a library of dynamic components when I've seem to have run into a snag.

When I created a custom labelled attribute of "KilogramsPerMetre", value of "32" (minus quotes), and then set it to Viewable by User as a decimal value, kilograms, the Component Option Viewer spat out,

"14.515 kg"

Er, no, that's not right.

I've got Model Info set to Decimal -> Millimetres.

Every other value in the model and component is set to millimetres (or centimetres), yet I just can't find an option that differentiates between Pounds and Kilograms.

Is Sketchup hardcoded to Imperial weight units and so should I be using a multiplier in my attribute of KilogramsPerMetre to get it to display kilograms, OR is there a way to change the component's default weight to Kilograms (or grams preferably)?

FYI, I checked it was taking my 32 number as pounds by simply changing the display type to "Pounds (weight)" and 32 was exactly what it showed me.

Edit: Further FYI, I just went into my Mac's System Preferences and checked Language & Text -> Formats, just in case Sketchup was picking up on some sort of system level setting but that stuff is set to Metric as well (out of the options of Metric and US).

TIG · 28 Sept 2010, 11:22

The lb>kg conversion factor is 0.453592370000 so either x or / depending on the formula ?

Celotil · 28 Sept 2010, 12:32

@tig said:

The lb>kg conversion factor is 0.453592370000 so either x or / depending on the formula ?

Thanks for the quick reply. I don't have a problem using a multiplier/divider if I really have to, but I was hoping that there's just some flag or option somewhere to choose between metric or imperial weights (like there is for metric or imperial lengths).

TIG · 28 Sept 2010, 13:24

DCs are stuck in Imperial for many of their formulas.