Data tag shoulder length?

[Anders Blomberg]

I work with meters as my primary unit. And I want my data tag shoulder lengths to be shorter than the minimal value I can set in the data tag style. Lots of other tools VW allow me to specify a 0.001 precision and even though it ends up showing me a 0.00 value in the properties I actually get 0.001 precision in the model. However, with the shoulder length it rounds of to the nearest 0.01 instead. So if I set the length to 0.004 it rounds to 0 and gives me no shoulder at all. Any ideas of how I can reduce the length of my shoulder below 0.01 meters?

 

 

 

[Nikolay Zhelyazkov]

Hello @Anders Blomberg,

 

I am able to set smaller shoulder length in the data tag. Can you share a sample file showing the issue? Or maybe a screen recording that shows the document units dialog too?

 

Thanks,

Nikolay Zhelyazkov

[markdd]

Does changing the decimal precision in the Units dialog to .0001 not do it?

Edited August 24, 2022 by markdd

[Anders Blomberg]

Ah, this leads me to another issue I never managed to resolve. Be it because of me or the software. I want to model with a precision of 0.001 m. But I want the majority of my dimensions and stakes to show a precision of 0.01 m. Details are typically shown with a precision of 1 mm. That's just what my standard dictates, can't do anything about that. So I really hope I'm missing something here but it seems that the precision of stakes and dimensions are controlled from the global document Units setting, rather than an individual Dimension/Stake style/setting, which would seem more normal to me. So for this reason I have my units setup as shown below. Not ideal as I'm missing that mm precision in normal modelling, but it's seems the only way for me to show values as needed on my sheets. Please tell me I'm doing something wrong here 🙂 

 

 

[markdd]

In the Stake Object, can you not set the Elevation Units to Meters and then change the precision from there? You could set those preferences in the Tool Preferences for the Tool so you shouldn't need to alter it in the document after that.

[Anders Blomberg]

@markdd Beyond wonderful! This'll ease up my life a great deal! Did not realise changing units from document units (meters) to Meters specifically would allow for a second option with precision to be accessed. Exactly what I was hoping for. This solved the shoulder issue as well!

Edited August 24, 2022 by Anders Blomberg

[markdd]

Great!