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    • GaieusG Offline
      Gaieus
      last edited by

      Hi Ross,

      This is very interesting. I seem to be able to set the units in the document setup as well as in the dimension styles to decimal inches with no problem however it only allows me to set the precision to two decimals; 0.01

      Then I made another test (as I am in metric) and noticed that I can set up

      • millimetres to 0.1
      • centimetres to 0.01
      • metres to 0.0001
        which are all the same precision in fact. So to me, the problem is not that I couldn't set up any unit to decimal but that I cannot go more precise (while in my SU workflow I use exactly one decimal more precision).

      Gai...

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      • Rich O BrienR Offline
        Rich O Brien Moderator
        last edited by

        Precision.jpg
        Is this what you mean?
        Precision-2.jpg

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        • R Offline
          rafaagard
          last edited by

          @unknownuser said:

          which are all the same precision in fact. So to me, the problem is not that I couldn't set up any unit to decimal but that I cannot go more precise (while in my SU workflow I use exactly one decimal more precision).
          Yes, that is the problem I am having because I work with inches at a precision of (.001). I was hoping that i just wasn't looking in the right place for setting up the precision. Is there a way to set up your own dimension style tray? so that you could then set what precision you want to be applied to the units. Or is the problem simply that LayOut Does not recognize the precision that I am asking for?

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          • GaieusG Offline
            Gaieus
            last edited by

            Yes, that's exactly why I work with 3 decimals of centimetres (which is even smaller) in SU although out in the field, we don't use this kind of precision of course.

            @Rich - yes, that can be set in SU but not in LO for centimetres.

            And Ross, probably this is why you can get two decimal precision for inches but three decimal only for feet (like me in the metric system).

            Gai...

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            • R Offline
              rafaagard
              last edited by

              It is not that I work with parts that are .001" by .001" in size but many times I have to specify dimensions that are precise to .001. see the attatched example


              Dimension Example.jpg

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              • R Offline
                rafaagard
                last edited by

                So... is there a solution or do I have to wait for the next LayOut version?

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                • GaieusG Offline
                  Gaieus
                  last edited by

                  Well, it seems that there is this kind of limitation in LO at the moment and there's no way to create custom precision either.

                  Whether there will be more choices in a future release, depends on the developers - and probably the pressure users are trying to put on them. πŸ˜‰

                  Maybe a feature request would do...

                  Gai...

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                  • R Offline
                    rafaagard
                    last edited by

                    Where is a good place to put in a feature request?

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                    • GaieusG Offline
                      Gaieus
                      last edited by

                      I have already put it at a good place. πŸ˜‰

                      There was the "Product ideas" page but submission time is over already.

                      Gai...

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                      • B Offline
                        bjanzen
                        last edited by

                        We've mentioned as well: you can edit dimensions, so while it's painful and portrays more accuracy than you're actually measuring, you can double click on the text of a dimension and add the extra digit.

                        b

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                        • GaieusG Offline
                          Gaieus
                          last edited by

                          Ah yes, Barry, that's what Sandra told me, too, as a workaround for the current situation (I didn't dare to come back with it here though...) πŸ˜‰

                          Gai...

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