Measurement markups don’t appear in correct units

Applies to:

  • Revu 21
  • Revu 20

Problem

In Revu, measurement markups aren't displaying the correct units. For example, your drawing scale is set to meters, but your Length or Polylength measurements appear in millimeters.

In Revu 21, Basics subscribers only have access to Length and Area measurement tools. Polylength will be grayed out unless you have a Core or Complete plan.

Cause

After a previous feature update, you can set independent units for Length and Polylength measurements without creating Viewports. As a result, Length and Polylength measurements default to millimeters no matter the set page scale.

Solution

To change measurements back to your preferred units:

  1. Open the Measurements panel (Alt+U) and select a measurement tool (ex: Length).
  2. Under Length Measurement Properties, select the Length dropdown menu and choose your desired unit.

    You can also do this from the Properties Toolbar.
  3. In the Properties panel (Alt+P), scroll to the bottom and select Set as Default.

All future Length or Polylength measurements will appear in your desired units.

Update multiple measurement markups

While the solution above only affects future measurements, you can also batch update multiple existing measurements.

  1. Switch to Select (V) mode fro the Navigation Bar at the bottom of your drawing.
  2. Hold down Shift and drag-click a rectangle over the measurement markups you want to select. Dragging left to right will select all the markups entirely within the rectangle, while dragging right to left will select markups the rectangle touches.
  3. From the Properties Toolbar at the top of the workspace, select your desired units.

Update all measurement markups in a drawing

You can also update all measurement units (of the same type) in a drawing via the Markups List:

  1. Open the Markups List in the bottom left corner of the window.
  2. Select Filter List from the top of the panel.
  3. In the filter list, select the gray call above the Subject column, and select the measurement type (ex: Length Measurement).

  4. Select multiple markups by holding down Shift and clicking the measurements you'd like to update, or select all by clicking one list item and pressing Ctrl+A.
  5. From the Properties Toolbar or the Properties panel, select the desired units, and the selected measurement markups will update accordingly.

Troubleshooting

Revu 20

Revu 21

Measurement

Markup

Your drawing scale is set to meters, but your Length or Polylength measurements appear in millimeters. This is caused by a feature update in Revu that lets you set independent units for Length and Polylength measurements without creating Viewports.