jfikar Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 I am having trouble opening PDF or SVG from other designers using other design software. If they are using a unit of measure of mm. If I just open their file that they supply, usually an SVG or PDF, it opens in Affinity Designer as points or pixels. If I then go to change the unit of measure in the document setup from points to mm or inches, the conversion is in correct and the dimensions are incorrect as the original designer had specified. How do I specify the default unit of measure before opening the file? And more so, how do I change the unit of measure to a different unit without making the measurements inaccurate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 2 hours ago, jfikar said: How do I specify the default unit of measure before opening the file? You can't do that; there is no Affinity option to change the units before opening the file. 2 hours ago, jfikar said: And more so, how do I change the unit of measure to a different unit without making the measurements inaccurate? I don't think I understand what you're seeing. How are the measurements inaccurate? Can you provide more details? Can you provide a sample SVG or PDF file that demonstrates the problem? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 2 hours ago, jfikar said: how do I change the unit of measure to a different unit without making the measurements inaccurate? You can set the number decimals for each unit via app prefs > User Interface ... Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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