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Drafting: Decimal character in Number-formatted table cells.

Drafting: Decimal character in Number-formatted table cells.

Drafting: Decimal character in Number-formatted table cells.

(OP)
Hi all,

xp 64, nx 6.

I have a tabular note, edited "Using Spreadsheet", which consists mainly of exprval() functions retrieving values from parts in the assembly. These come back as text to the table with no control over decimal precision. In NX, if I highlight cells, open the cell style dialog and change the format to "numeric", I can set the number of decimal places, but the decimal separator changes to a comma. (i.e. 2.12313423 in text becomes 2,34). I've checked the obvious places, but I can't find the setting which controls this, can anyone help?

-B

RE: Drafting: Decimal character in Number-formatted table cells.

While in Drafting, go to...

Preferences -> Annotation...

...and select the 'Units' tab. You will find that the very first 'option' offers you the choice of having the 'Decimal Point Character is Period' or the 'Decimal Point Character is Comma'.

John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: Drafting: Decimal character in Number-formatted table cells.

(OP)
Thanks, John. I guess I had only looked in Customer Defaults (but found other decimal point character controls there!)

How can I save and transfer Preferences?

-B

RE: Drafting: Decimal character in Number-formatted table cells.

Well changing a Preference will only effect the dimensions created after you make the change. If you wish to change say a template, you will need to open it, make this change and resave it. Therefore the next time you use the template part this will already have been set for you. However, since this is Drafting Standards based (ISO and DIN already are set to using a 'comma') you could just switch standards in your drawing file.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

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