Angle Dimension Degree Symbol
Angle Dimension Degree Symbol
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When creating an angular dimension I used to see the degree (°) symbol. But since upgrading to 2009 I now see the letters "deg" in the dimension. I have searched help and options but cannot figure out how to get the symbol back. Any help welcome. Thanks.






RE: Angle Dimension Degree Symbol
Have you rebooted since upgrading to SW09?
Did you do a clean install?
Is you graphics card approved for SW09 and did you update the graphics driver?
RE: Angle Dimension Degree Symbol
Timelord
RE: Angle Dimension Degree Symbol
Under Tools> Options> Document Properties> Dimensions, if both the Check-Boxes for "Dual dimensions display" and "Show units for dual display" are ticked, it will display the word Deg instead of the degree symbol you're after.
Hope this helps!
Trevor Clarke. (R & D) Scientific Instruments.Somerset. UK
SW2009x64 SP4.0 Intel Core i7 2.94Ghz, 12Gb Ram, NVIDIA Quadro FX3700 Driver: 6.14.11.8246
SW2009x64 SP4.0 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.17Ghz, 8Gb Ram NVIDIA Quadro FX3700 Driver: 6.14.11.8246
RE: Angle Dimension Degree Symbol
Is that a recognised standard?
RE: Angle Dimension Degree Symbol
Ta for the star CBL!
I found this behaviour out by chance while trying to do a dual dimension with degrees and radians.
I don't think it conforms to any particular standard though. My guess is that because the default display for "Basic unit dimensions" is just the numerical value, when they added the option to display the Units alongside the Dual dimensions, because they were going to use "in" and "mm" it was logical to use use "deg" instead of the symbol (even though it doesn't have a dual display for Angular dims), or maybe the programmer just couldn't remember the code for the symbol
Trevor Clarke. (R & D) Scientific Instruments.Somerset. UK
SW2009x64 SP4.0 Intel Core i7 2.94Ghz, 12Gb Ram, NVIDIA Quadro FX3700 Driver: 6.14.11.8246
SW2009x64 SP4.0 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.17Ghz, 8Gb Ram NVIDIA Quadro FX3700 Driver: 6.14.11.8246
RE: Angle Dimension Degree Symbol