After updating to the latest SOLIDWORKS version my sketch dimensions started to display in meters instead of millimeters, even though my document units are set to MMGS (millimeter, gram, second).
Example: when I create a Smart Dimension and type 30 (or 30mm), the displayed dimension becomes 0,03 instead of 30. Another example is a bend length shown as 0.00635 m, which corresponds to 6.35 mm – so everything seems scaled by 1/1000.
Things I have already checked:
- Document Properties → Units:
- Unit system = MMGS
- Basic & Mass/Section Length = millimeters
- Mass = grams, Time = seconds
- System Options → General:
- Input dimension value is enabled
- Using standard system separator
- Document Properties → Drafting Standard:
- Overall drafting standard is plain ISO (not ISO-MODIFIED)
- Smart Dimension PropertyManager (all three tabs):
- No “Override Units” or custom units set
- Primary value field shows values with mm (e.g.
15.00mm)
- Sketch / Feature tree:
- No “Sketch Scale” feature present
- Right-click on sketch does not show any scale option
The geometry itself is correct in size, but the displayed numeric values for sketch dimensions are off by a factor of 1000 and sometimes show an “m” suffix.
Does anyone know where else units or a scale factor could be overridden in SOLIDWORKS 2025 so that dimensions display as meters while the document is in millimeters?
Thanks in advance
