IronCAD Fastener and Custom Holes Tools Unit Settings

IronCAD Fastener and Custom Holes Tools Unit Settings

Have you ever wondered how to get the IronCAD Addon Tools such as Fastener and Custom Holes to display Metric units by default?  

The secret is in your Locale! You need to set your Windows Control Panel, Region and Language, Administrative System Locale to be something other than English – US.  So, for example English – United Kingdom will make it Metric.

 


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