topic Re: Calculation Units in Project data & BIM

Calculation Units

Titiriga — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 08:41:09 GMT

Hello,

I have some difficulty with the calculation units. I'm limiting this to a example, but the issue is broader than that.

I have a coordinate sistem object set up in the project and made a schedule to list a lot of individual points with their respective coordinates. These coordiantes need to be listed with 3 decimals. In the same project, I have a lot of zones for witch I also made a schedule to list areas, perimeters, heights and various other info. The length parameters listed in the zone schedule (perimeter, heght...) need to be listed with 2 decimals.

My problem is that the calculation units setting dosent seem to get stored with the views and I dont know how to go about it. What can I do?

Thank you.

Operating system used: Windows

Re: Calculation Units

Ricardo Lopez — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 02:19:11 GMT

Hi @Titiriga

Units and decimals for Calculation Units can be set at Options> Project Preferences> Calculation Units...

Units and decimals visible for dimensions (ex: areas, legths, etc.) can be part of eachView Settings as 2D/3D DOCUMENTS/ Dimensioning based on Options> Project Preferences> Dimensions...

Schedules must be saved as views in order to apply its View Settings with Calculation Units and Dimensioning preferences.

Re: Calculation Units

Barry Kelly — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 02:23:17 GMT

But as Titiriga says, the calculation units are not stored with the views.

So they will have to set to 3 decimal places for their co-ordinate schedules and then just live with 3 decimal places for their other schedules.

Dimension styles will not affect schedules unless you are annotating the top/front/rear views.

Barry.

Re: Calculation Units

Yves — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 10:09:08 GMT

Maybe with a property of type number with formula
Only problem the unit of length will not be displayed in the total

Re: Calculation Units

Titiriga — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 11:27:49 GMT

Tahnk you all.

I've ended up living with the 3 decimals for perimeter and height in the zone stamp as that was of less importance than the 3 decimals for the coordonates. It's a shame that the Calculation units dont get stored with the views as that would have been much simpler and more elegant.