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I have asked this before, but it has been a long time.
I Want to create a dimension style that rounds to the nearest 0.5 ft (MU). Not 1/2 ft, but 0.5 ft. I can't have any scripts or keyins unless they are automatically run when the dimension is placed.
Reading this https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/17818/how-to-configure-text-and-units-for-din-dimensions I see that I can accomplish what I want in the DIN Dimensioning settings.
My questions are two:
Is there a way to have the superscript be larger? I can live with a superscript (though I'd rather just have it be in decimal form, ex. 0.0 or 0.5), but with the size of the text we use (small to begin with), the superscript character will be unreadable.
I checked on Trailing Zero in the Units>Primary category, but the dimensions rounded to 0.0 are not showing the zero after the decimal. For ex. from 457.22, I want to see "457.0", not "457".
thanks for any advice. I want to create a task pane for this for my users. I dont' want them to have to think about it (run keyins or scripts) because someone will forget. Just select the tool and go to town.
Hi David,
Review these two thread
https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/104331/how-can-you-round-dimensions-to-the-nearest-0-5-mu
https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/100747/round-dimensions-to-nearest-1-2-foot
Maria
Maria Garcia
Thank you, Maria. I will read them.
Both of those links are to my own posts. I tried to solve this before, as you can see.
Neither thread has a solution. The one that runs a keyin would work, but I cannot have separate keyins. It has to be automatic when the user places the dimension.
The other thread dealt with design file MU precision vs. dimension style precision. The dimension style primary units display is set entirely in the dim style? I think?
thanks for your time.
1. you need to create dim styles in a dgn lib with all the settings your require and give it / them names and point the dgn lib in everyones config.
2, you need to publish training on what your company std requires..
3. in that training you need to be able to show that one needs to select the required dim style to do dimensioning..not the conventional default dim style out of the box so to speak, but the one you desired them to use..
4. To help do this you could create a custom tool pull down Called YOURCOMPANY or STD Dimensioning and in that you
predefine the standard settings required , style name, text style, colour weight and level name you may even be able to use templates to do this but I'm not across templates as well as I should...
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