Change default template units

After installing Inventor, you select the default template from the "New" drop down menu, for creating, for instance, a new part.

But the units you get are not the one you expect.

For instance you were expecting to have mm, but you get inch as default Length unit.

You can set the default template units when you install Inventor from the configuration options.

So if you forget to do it and the default choice is not what you want, or if you have done it and, for some reason, you have simply changed your mind afterwards and want to change the default template units, you can do the following.

• Start a new file selecting the default template from the "New" drop down menu.
• Menu Tools, Options, Document settings, Units tab.

• Change the settings according to your needs.
• Save Copy as Template.

• Replace the default Standard.ipt

 

In case one of the other templates in the Template subfolder (i.e.: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Autodesk\Inventor 2012\Templates\Metric\ Standard (mm).ipt) has already the unit settings you need, you can simply do the following.

• Start a new file opening this template.

• Save Copy as Template.
• Replace the default Standard.ipt

Alternatively, go to the template file locations and copy over the metric templates to the default location and then rename them to the default names.

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