Hole Dimension Decimal Places

[mkzler]

Hi,

I have some metric holes that are dimensioned on the drawing using a note created in part mode. This is fine, but the hole dimensions are displaying with 3 decimal places like 5.000 and 12.000. I would like to change the decimals to 2 places like 5.00 and 12.00. When I try to edit the note in part mode, I am not able to modify this. This is a drawing that I have inherited from a previous user, and to be honest, I do not have extensive experience with drawing mode. Any ideas for how to correct this issue would be appreciated.

By the way, the note properties that I see in Drawing mode are:

{0:&Note_14:0}

The properties that I find for the note in Part mode are:

12X &METRIC_SIZE &THREAD_SERIES - &THREAD_CLASS &STD_HOLE_TYPE &VAR_THREAD &THREAD_DEPTH &NUMBER_SIZE DRILL ( &DIAMETER ) &VAR_DEPTH &DRILL_DEPTH

This is what is in the "note" box in the hole feature creation:

12X M3x.5 ISO - H TAP
down_arrow_symbol 8.000 2.5 DRILL ( 2.500 )
down_arrow_symbol 9.000

Everything is ok, except that I would like all decimals to be to 2 places instead of 3.

Thanks a lot

 

[mkzler]

Nevermind...figured it out:


[*]


Hole parameters within the hole notes appear with 3
decimals, regardless of the value set for the default_dec_places configuration option. If you want to
change the number of decimal places for the hole parameter, type [.n] after the parameter in the Text
tab of the Note Properties dialog box. Here, n is the number of decimal places. You can edit the hole
parameter values only through the Note Properties dialog
box that opens when you select the hole note and click Edit > Value. Alternatively, to edit
hole parameter values through the Note Properties dialog
box, select the hole note, right-click, and click Edit
Value on the shortcut menu.[/list]


I had read something similar in another post, but it didn't really click until I read it a couple times. Thanks anyway



Edited by: mkzler

 

[KurtStark]

You can define the number of decimal places by squared brackets:


....&THREAD_DEPTH[.2]....
gives youthe result: 9.00

 

[dakeb1]

Stupid ProE how are you supposed to know that? why isn't the functionality driven by the number of dp in the dimenson?