Expression to convert meter in centimeter

[Xavi]

Hello everyone.

Can you help me to configure an expression to have the information as the attach picture. I guess is a simply one, is just to have meters in "cm" or "mm" and only with two decimal houses.

The solution using Calculation Units in the Options > Project Preferences > Calculation Units & Rules Dialog, doesn’t work for me because I do not want the schedules to use centimeter.

Thanks for your time to read my issue

 

[Xandros · Accepted solution]

Hi

you could try the following. But need to change the datatype to text for this

STR ( Thickness / 1 m * 100; 2 )

[Barry Kelly · Accepted solution]

If you want your calculation to remain as a number, then you must set the data type as a number and convert the thickness in the expression to centimetres by dividing by 1m to remove the units.

Then multiply by the factor you want to increase / decrease by (100 in this case to get meters to centimetres).

You can then use this property in schedules and it will still add - but technically it has no units.

Barry.

[Xavi]

Thank you  Xandros and Barry, for the quick reply.

Did work perfectly. I appreciate the help. 

Graphisoft should improve the label skin, so could read any element and with the option to choose which decimal and units we want. 🙂

[Barry Kelly · Accepted solution]

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@Xavi wrote:

Graphisoft should improve the label skin, so could read any element and with the option to choose which decimal and units we want. 🙂

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You can't pick and choose which skin to label, but you can change the units and decimal precision.

Barry.

[Xavi]

Yes am using that label, but this one works for compositing elements and not for complex profile for example (doesn't read the thickness, and skins).

So at the moment I am using Label skins for compositing elements (walls, slabs etc..)

and for complex profile i use auto text, extracting the information from the "Profile modifiers".

Is working but, would be great to have just one tool to do this two operations.

At the moment I have another issue, because I would like to save this label as "2D Elements Label with auto text" but doesn't work.

If you could take a look att the link I would appreciate. 

https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Archicad-C-API/Save-2D-Elements-as-Label-auto-text-empty/m-p/571...

Thanks Barry

[Barry Kelly]

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@Xavi wrote:

Yes am using that label, but this one works for compositing elements and not for complex profile for example (doesn't read the thickness, and skins).

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Complex profiles do not have skins like a composite does.

They may look similar in some situations, but the fills for a complex profile can be any shape and in any position, not just stacked next to each other as skins in a composite.

That is why you can not get a skin thickness for a complex profile.

Barry.