| Main Units
|
Refers to the units used for linear measurement
inside
PlantWise. Its value is either inches
or millimeters, depending on which radio button is selected.
- Constant:
*DPAR-INTERNAL-UNITS*
- English: inches
- Metric: millimeters
|
| Nominal Diameter Units
|
Refers to the units used to describe piping
diameters. Separating main units from nominal diameter units allows for inch
pipe sizes on a metric project site.
- Constant:
*DPAR-INPUT-DIAMETERS-UNITS*
- English: inches
- Metric: millimeters
|
| Master Units
|
Refers to what units are being used while working
in a
PlantWise project. The choice of
Master Units depends on the
Main Units of the project. You can choose to
work in either feet or inches when the
Main Unit type is inches. Similarly, you can
work in either meters or millimeters when the
Main Unit type is millimeters.
- Constant:
*DPAR-MASTER-UNITS*
- English: feet
- Metric: meters
Note: You can enter
any measurement value with a unit (such as 12 ft.) and the program will
translate that value to the Master Units of the project (such as 144 in. for a
project with Master Units set to Inches and Display units set to in).
Note: Master units
are the units used for the lengths and distances in the
PlantWise Mass Properties dialog.
|
| Display Units
|
Allows you to select how
Master Units are expressed in dialogs. For
instance, the
Master Units are set to feet and you have
the option to display those values in:
- feet and inches
(5 ft. 3 in),
- tick and double tick
(5’ 3),
- in the
master:sub-unit format used by CAD (5:3), or
- as a real number
(5.25).
- Constant:
*DPAR-DISPLAY-UNITS*
- English: 5' 3"
- Metric: 5.25 m
Additional master unit/display unit combinations are shown in
the above figure.
Table 1. Example
Unit Combinations with English Input
| Master Units
|
Nominal Diameters
|
Working Units
|
Display Units
|
Input
63 or
63 in
|
Input
5 3 or
5 ft 3 in or
5.25’
|
Input
5:3
|
Input
5.25
|
| in
|
in
|
ft
|
ft/in
|
5 ft 3 in
|
5 ft 3 in
|
5 ft 3 in
|
5 ft 3 in
|
| '/"
|
"5' 3
|
"5' 3
|
"5' 3
|
"5' 3
|
| :
|
5:3
|
5:3
|
5:3
|
5:3
|
| dec
|
5.25
|
5.25
|
5.25
|
5.25
|
| |
|
in
|
in
|
63 in
|
63 in
|
63 in
|
63 in
|
| "
|
63"
|
63"
|
63"
|
63"
|
| dec
|
63.0
|
63.0
|
63.0
|
63.0
|
| mm
|
mm
|
m
|
m
|
2.52 m
|
2.52 m
|
2.52 m
|
2.52 m
|
| dec
|
2.52
|
2.52
|
2.52
|
2.52
|
| mm
|
mm
|
mm
|
mm
|
2520 mm
|
2520 mm
|
2520 mm
|
2520 mm
|
| dec
|
2520
|
2520
|
2520
|
2520
|
| mm
|
in
|
m
|
m
|
2.52 m
|
2.52 m
|
2.52 m
|
2.52 m
|
| dec
|
2.52
|
2.52
|
2.52
|
2.52
|
| mm
|
in
|
mm
|
mm
|
2520 mm
|
2520 mm
|
2520 mm
|
2520 mm
|
| dec
|
2520
|
2520
|
2520
|
2520
|
Table 2. Example
Unit Combinations with Metric Input
| Master Units
|
Nominal Diameters
|
Working Units
|
Display Units
|
Input
1.7 m
|
Input
1700 mm
|
| in
|
in
|
ft
|
ft/in
|
5 ft 9.388 in
|
5 ft 9.388 in
|
| '/
|
5' 9.388
|
5' 9.388"
|
| :
|
5:9.388
|
5:9.388
|
| dec
|
69.3878
|
69.3878
|
| |
|
in
|
in
|
69.3878 in
|
69.3878 in
|
|
|
69.3878
|
69.3878"
|
| dec
|
69.3878
|
69.3878
|
| mm
|
mm
|
m
|
m
|
1.7 m
|
1.7 m
|
| dec
|
1.7
|
1.7
|
| mm
|
mm
|
mm
|
mm
|
1700 mm
|
1700 mm
|
| dec
|
1700
|
1700
|
| mm
|
in
|
m
|
m
|
1.7 m
|
1.7 m
|
| dec
|
1.7
|
1.7
|
| mm
|
in
|
mm
|
mm
|
1700 mm
|
1700 mm
|
| dec
|
1700
|
1700
|
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