Add comma to drawing dimension - 10,000 instead of 10000
Add comma to drawing dimension - 10,000 instead of 10000
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I'm hoping someone can help me toggle between the American and Canadian numbering standards. I want the dimensions in a drawing to have a comma to divide up the number, ie. 10,000 mm instead of 10000mm. I can't seem to find this under Options > Dimensions, where I thought it would be. Thanks.






RE: Add comma to drawing dimension - 10,000 instead of 10000
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Chris
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RE: Add comma to drawing dimension - 10,000 instead of 10000
Thanks for your response.
The "system separator for dimensions" only seems to apply to the decimal separator. If I uncheck the box I can change the decimal from a '.' to a ','. However I was hoping to put the ',' to separate 10 from the 000 in ten thousand. I've also checked my regional setting on my computer and it says numbers should be separated by commas. Do you know if there is a regional setting in SolidWorks, that seems to be the only other place that could cause a problem.
Caleb
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RE: Add comma to drawing dimension - 10,000 instead of 10000
Chris
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RE: Add comma to drawing dimension - 10,000 instead of 10000
The OP is not talking about the thousands separator, not the decimal point separator.
Ten Billion vs 10000000 vs 10,000,000,000
Ten Thousand vs 10000 vs 10,000
Ten vs 10 vs 10.000 vs 10,000 (the latter 2 being shown to 3 decimal places)
The commas make the larger numbers much easier to read. Confusioon can arise when dealing with the smaller numbers.
eg. 10,000 (ten thousand) could be mistaken for 10.000 (ten to 3 decimal places) in some regions.
RE: Add comma to drawing dimension - 10,000 instead of 10000
It can be changed to "." "," or no separator.
Chris
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Easier to read and no creating confusion.
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RE: Add comma to drawing dimension - 10,000 instead of 10000
Sorry Chris, that's not the entire story. Continental Europe tends to use commas for decimal places, regardless of units/application. The US & UK use 'dots/periods'.
This is why in 'scientific' circles I'm pretty sure the idea of having a comma or any other indicator every 3 places is out of favor.
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RE: Add comma to drawing dimension - 10,000 instead of 10000
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RE: Add comma to drawing dimension - 10,000 instead of 10000
To answer the OP's question, it is possible to remove the <DIM> variable from the dimension name and insert the text 10,000. This is of course very bad practice because the number will not necessarily reflect the actual model dimension.
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Working with military contracts (US and Europe) in the past, we have been always mandated to use commas in metric, periods in SI units.
Working within current US and Canada companies, I have seen both.
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