Dual Dimension Default Precision Setting?

[Bruce Kieffer]

How do I set the default secondary dimension precision to 1/32"? Looks like I have that set correctly in the prefs, but when I place a dimension it's precision is 1/8".

 

[Pat Stanford]

It looks like a bug, but here are two work arounds:

 

I appears that there are two preference which control the display of dimensions, The Fraction Precision and the Dimension Object Precision. You can see both of these plus the chain Icon to have them linked together in the  Units dialog box in the Dimensions tab. In the Dual Dimensions tab you can access the Fraction or Decimal precision, but not the Dimension object precision.

 

1.  Swap your dimensions to use the inches as the primary and mm at the dual.

 

2. Copy the following 2 lines into a new blank vectorscript and run it on your document. If you use a template file, it is probably enough to run it once on the template and have it carry over to all future files that come from that, but no guarantees. These two lines will set both the Fraction Precision and Dimension Object Precision for the secondary dimension to 1/32.

 

SetPrefLongInt(221,5);

SetPrefLongInt(222,5);

 

You might also want to submit a bug on this that the secondary dimension is not taking the proper display settings from the Units dialog box.

[Bruce Kieffer]

Thanks Pat. I'm not sure the script did anything... Maybe? I changed the primary to inches, and then it worked.

[Pat Stanford]

I failed to mention that the script would only work for dimensions placed AFTER the script was run, not for dimensions already in the drawing. :-(

[PVA - Admin]

Bug confirmed: VB-122040