How to change units: centimeters, meters, feet and inches

Change the units

1. 1

   Open the units menu

   In the top bar, click the units button. It shows the current unit, for example cm or ft-in. The menu is headed Units · whole project.

   

2. 2

   Pick a unit

   Choose Centimeters, Meters or Millimeters for metric, or Feet (decimal), Feet & Inches or Inches for imperial. The plan updates at once.

3. 3

   Or use Settings

   Click Settings in the top bar. The first section, Units & grid, has the same Units choice.

   

Type lengths in any format

Any length field, and the size you type while drawing, accepts these formats.

1. 4

   Type a bare number

   A number on its own is read in the plan unit: 300 means 300 cm in a centimeter plan, 3 means 3 m in a meter plan. In a Feet & Inches plan a bare number is feet, so 12 means 12 feet.

2. 5

   Type feet and inches

   In a Feet & Inches plan, 5 6 means 5' 6". You can also type 5' 6", 5ft 6in, 5'-6" or fractions like 5' 6 1/2".

3. 6

   Type another unit on purpose

   Add the unit and it wins over the plan unit: 3.5 m, 150 cm, 1500 mm, 6 in or 10 ft all work in any plan. A decimal comma, like 2,5 m, works too.

Areas

1. 7

   Read room areas

   Metric plans show areas in m². Imperial plans show them in ft². The Areas panel on the right and the area schedule in exports follow the same rule.

Tips

• Measured your rooms in inches? Pick Feet & Inches first, then type the sizes exactly as you wrote them down.
• Exports print sizes in the same unit as the plan, so pick the unit your builder or landlord uses before exporting.
• Units are saved with the plan. Another plan can use different units.
• Signed in users choose the units when they create a plan in the New floor plan dialog, and can change them later in the editor.

Common problems

I typed 12 and got 12 feet, but I meant 12 inches

In a Feet & Inches plan a bare number means feet. Type 12 in, or 12", for inches.

The sizes are in feet but I use metres

Click the units button in the top bar and pick Meters or Centimeters. Nothing on the plan moves or changes size.

My wall is a little shorter than the size I typed

The number describes one face of the wall. Check Measured from in Settings under Dimensions: Inner face measures inside the room, Outer face the outside, Centre the middle of the wall. See Dimensions.

Areas show in ft² but I want m²

Areas follow the units. Switch the plan to a metric unit and areas change to m².