PrimaryUnits.md

PrimaryUnits

Description

Procedure PrimaryUnits specifies the primary units settings for the active document. The primary units setting is used by the document for all measurement entry and display values in the document.

{| class="wikitable" style="float: right;" |+ Table - Units Formats ! Units Format

! Constant
Decimal
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-
Fractional
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Decimal Ft/Inches
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Fractional Ft/Inches
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}
{
+ Table - Standard Unit Settings
! Units Setting !! Constant
-
Custom
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Feet/Inches
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Inches
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Feet
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Yards
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Miles
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Microns
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Millimeters
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Centimeters
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Meters
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Kilometers
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}

PROCEDURE PrimaryUnits(
				style    : INTEGER;
				prec     : LONGINT;
				dimPrec  : LONGINT;
				format   : INTEGER;
				angPrec  : INTEGER;
				showMark : BOOLEAN;
				dispFrac : BOOLEAN);

def vs.PrimaryUnits(style, prec, dimPrec, format, angPrec, showMark, dispFrac):
    return None

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
style	INTEGER	Active primary unit style for document.
prec	LONGINT	Display precision.
dimPrec	LONGINT	Dimension precision.
format	INTEGER	Decimal formatting.
angPrec	INTEGER	Angular precision.
showMark	BOOLEAN	Unit mark display setting.
dispFrac	BOOLEAN	Fractional display setting.

Remarks

[sd 8/18/98] See [[VS:GetPrimaryUnitInfo| GetPrimaryUnitInfo]] for details on changes in VW9 and again in VW12.

Examples

==== VectorScript ====

PROCEDURE Example;
VAR
style :INTEGER;
prec, dimPrec :LONGINT;
format, angPrec :INTEGER;
showMark, dispFrac :BOOLEAN;
outStr :STRING;
BEGIN
outStr := '';
GetPrimaryUnitInfo(style, prec, dimPrec, format, angPrec, showMark, dispFrac);
FOR style := 0 to 16 DO BEGIN
PrimaryUnits(style, prec, dimPrec, format, angPrec, showMark, dispFrac);
outStr := Concat(outStr, Chr(13), style, ': ', GetPrefReal(152));
END;
AlrtDialog(outStr);
END;
RUN(Example);

==== Python ====

Version

Availability: from MiniCAD 7.0

Category

• Units