OR, can I just change my Dimstyle so that when I show spot elevations and dimensions, they'll display in feet and inches?

David,

You can edit your dimstyle to display Feet and Inches.  We show a couple ways to do that here.

Our Spot Elevations currently do not have a setting to display feet and inches, although it's certainly something that we could add.  In the meantime, you could always buy your hardscape crew this snappy decimal measuring tape. 

--J

Thank you. I changed the dimstyle successfully. Perfect. 

In this case, the trouble is with the spot elevations.  

I notice that plans from landscape architects give the spot els in decimal feet. But in talking with the guys who build these things, it's clear that they prefer inches--and are annoyed with having to convert. I've given them a table that translates inches to decimals. Maybe the tape measure is the next step.

They are not my crew--I get hired by them when they need drawings or designs--so I want to keep them happy. 

David,

Luckily the Spot Elevation is governed by a dialog box, so it would be fairly straightforward to add a unit display preference to it.

Maybe someday, space aliens will conquer us, and we'll finally be forced to use the metric system.

--J

Yeah. If the space aliens come, I will provide the beer. Liters of it. 

I'm not sure how many other people would want such a feature for the spot elevations. I know that I'd score some points.