Working with different unit types and measurements

Laubender UnitValue seems to be the best solution. Its only downfall appears to be that it does not support all unit types e.g. Agates. So before running a conversion you need to test that a unit type is supported which could add unnecessary overhead. Especially if you have to run the test over a large collection of objects. Adobe should support all its native unit values don't you think? Is there some place I can put in a scripting feature request?

Kasyan Servetsky‌ I read through the Sidenotes source and found that it appeared to be doing all the calculations between unit types manually.

Check out the Sidenotes script written by Peter Kahrel. You can enter any units into the dialog box and they are converted to the default unit automatically. The code is open so you can see how he did it.

@McShaman – You could use a string representation to assign the values together with the measurement unit:

app.documents[0].stories[0].tables[0].cells.everyItem().bottomEdgeStrokeWeight = "3mm"; //MILLIMETERS in this case

Or you could save the properties of the user into a variable and re-apply the values later after doing the rest of your script:

var myUserSettings = app.documents[0].viewPreferences.properties;

doingSomething();

app.documents[0].viewPreferences.properties = myUserSettings;


function doingSomething(){

    //Dummy function:
    //do your stuff here:
   
    app.documents[0].viewPreferences.properties = {
        horizontalMeasurementUnits : MeasurementUnits.MILLIMETERS,
        verticalMeasurementUnits : MeasurementUnits.MILLIMETERS,
        strokeMeasurementUnits : MeasurementUnits.MILLIMETERS
        };
   
    app.documents[0].stories[0].tables[0].cells.everyItem().bottomEdgeStrokeWeight = 3; //mm in this case
   
    };

Uwe