David Holcomb Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 I am trying to enable fraction / decimal mix for my primary dimensioning standard. I have specified this in the Units-General Display. However, when I then go to the Units - Dimension Objects (Primary) panel the only selection that is active (other buttons are grayed out) is fractional units. How can I get the Fractional / Decimal Mix button to become active? What I would really like is for the precision specfication in the Dimension Panel to allow me to specify either a fractional or decimal precision for a particular dimension. I have thus far only been able to specify one or the other. Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 The dimension options in the Units menu is based off settings under General Display. You will need to allow General Display to have these settings so you can have the settings as an option for Primary Dimensions also. Primary dimensions only allows you to set one, fractional or decimal and usually defaults to fractional. You can then set Secondary to use decimal mix. Generally speaking, you would want one or the other, not a mix. A mix would mean that depending on what you type - decimal or fractional, the object will be drawn as such. When it comes to dimension objects, you want one to display fractions, and the secondary to display decimal. If you are typing in dimensional values for the dimension line to display, whatever you type in the OIP is what will display - fractional or decimal no matter what you have for the dimension options. [ 03-03-2003, 12:09 PM: Message edited by: Katie ] Quote Link to comment
David Holcomb Posted March 4, 2003 Author Share Posted March 4, 2003 My problem with using the secondary dimensioning standard for the decimal display is that I almost always have to have both U.S. Customary and SI units on every drawing. I use U.S. Customary for the primary and SI for the secondary. What I don't understand is why the button is available at all under primary dimensioning for fraction/decimal mix if it is not possible to select this option. I do have fraction / decimal mix enabled under general display settings, but still cannot enable it under primary dimensions. How do I type in dimension values as an override as you indicate in your reply? If I key a value into the "Length" text input area of the Object Information Pane of a Dimension - 0.971" for example which is the true length of the associated object - I continue to get 31/32" displayed on the drawing dimension. I do not understand how to override this. Note: 0.971" is what is displayed in the "Length" text input area before I rekey the value. [ 03-03-2003, 12:34 PM: Message edited by: David Holcomb ] Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Mark Farnan Posted March 12, 2003 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 12, 2003 Hi David, We don't support Fractional/Decimal Mix for dimensions; sorry if their disabled inclusion on the dimension tabs is a source of confusion. This is the first time I've heard a request for this. I'll add it to our wish list. Best regards, Mark Farnan Core Technologies and Imaging Manager Nemetschek NA Quote Link to comment
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