Changing measurement units to cm or mm for a floor plan

Question

I am trying to create floor plans with lucid chart. I need measurements ideally in mm, but cm is acceptable.

I have changed the settings in Document settings for measurement units to be in cm; however this does not seem to reflect in the document itself. When I select and place a room, measurement options are either metres or feet, which is not what I need.

Additionally, is there a way to input a number to change the width/length of the walls. I can only do it by dragging the wall length which makes it difficult to be specific.

Thank you

Craig Mackie · Accepted Answer

Hi ​@EmilyC1995Thank you for your post. Unfortunately, as ​@Humas1985has responded,the automatic floor plan measurement annotations are only available in ft or m (selectable via the setting gear as illustrated below), but Lucid is very interested in your feedback and is committed to continually improving our products. I have searched the Product Feedback section of the community, and I cannot find feedback specifically about measurement units, so could youplease create raise a new product feedback idea outlining your use case. This will allow other users with similar requests to discover your idea and improve upon it.As an interim solution, can I suggest you set your units of measure to ‘m’ and then place a new box over the measurements, with your measurements in mm, and with a white background? This will cover the automatic measurements, and give readers the intended unit of mm (see example below)Thank you, again for raising thisCraig

Humas1985 · Answer

Hi ​@EmilyC1995Currentlymillimeter (mm) units or direct numeric input for wall dimensions in cm/mm is not achievable. Even if you change the document settings to cm, floor plan shapes often default to meters or feet.To delegate,you can adjust the scale using the gear icon at the bottom left of the canvas and manually annotate dimensions. To learn more -How to set scale for a floorplan -- I'm missing something | CommunityHope this helps - Happy to help further!!Thank you very much and have a great one!Warm regards

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