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Calculation Units

Titiriga
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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

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Ricardo Lopez
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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...

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

 

M. Arch. Ricardo López
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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.

 

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

 

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Yves Houssier
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Titiriga
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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.

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