You can choose to display material dimensions, lengths, weights, prices, or all previously mentioned information in either imperial or metric units in various dialog boxes in Tekla PowerFab.

1. Do either of the following:
   • Go to Maintenance > Shapes/Grades/Sizes and click the Shape/Grade/Size Maintenance ribbon tab to open the context menu.
   • In Combining/Estimating/Inventory/Production Control/Purchasing, open a job/requisition/purchase order and click the module-specific ribbon tab to open the context menu.

     

2. On the menu, select Switch To Metric/Imperial Mode.
3. On the extended menu, click an item whose mode you want to switch.

   If you select the Switch To Metric Mode or Switch To Imperial Mode option, all information in the dialog is switched to the mode that is not currently active.