Editing the vertical and horizontal ruler units

[1940LaSalle]

I'm a modestly experienced AutoCAD user, but am new to QCAD Professional (using version 3.27.6 on Windows 10). As a user in the USA, the rulers in any new drawing show with feet and inches as the default units. How do I change the rulers to use arbitrary units, please? I should note I'm using QCAD for precise glyph drawing in font design, so units that would matter for (say) a machinist aren't important.

Thanks.

[andrew]

You can change the drawing unit under:

Edit > Drawing Preferences > General > Drawing Unit

For your case, you might want to set it to:

Drawing unit: None

Be sure to also check Edit > Drawing Preferences > Dimension > Dimension Settings as a linear format of Engineering or Architectural implies that the drawing unit is Inches.

[CVH]

As a user in the USA, the rulers in any new drawing show with feet and inches as the default units.

For new files see Application Preferences .. Defaults for new drawings.
For the document at hand see Drawing Preferences.

Regards,
CVH

[1940LaSalle]

Thanks to both posters for the clear, succinct assistance.