You can suppress leading
and trailing zeros in the numeric portion of dimension text. You
can also specify the sub unit for the dimension distance.
If
you suppress leading zeros in decimal dimensions, 0.500 becomes
.500. If you suppress trailing zeros, 0.500 becomes 0.5. You can
suppress both leading and trailing zeros
so that 0.5000 becomes .5 and 0.0000 becomes 0.
For dimension distances
less than one unit, you can set the dimension distance to display
in sub units. If the distance is shown in m, you can set
to display distances less than one m in cm or mm.
The table shows the effect of selecting each
option and provides examples of the architectural units style. If
feet are included with a fractional inch, the number of inches is
indicated as zero, no matter which option you select. Thus, the
dimension 4'-3/4" becomes 4'-0 3/4".
Zero suppression for feet and inches
|
Option
|
Effect
|
Examples
|
No options selected
|
Includes zero feet and zero inches
|
0'-0 1/2"
|
0'-6"
|
1'-0"
|
1'-0 3/4"
|
0 Inches selected
|
Suppresses zero inches (includes zero feet)
|
0'-0 1/2"
|
0'-6"
|
1'
|
1'-0 3/4"
|
0 Feet selected
|
Suppresses zero feet (includes zero inches)
|
1/2"
|
6"
|
1'-0"
|
1'-0 3/4"
|
0 Feet and 0 Inches selected
|
Suppresses zero feet and zero inches
|
1/2"
|
6"
|
1'
|
1'-0 3/4"
|
To suppress zeros in dimension
values
-
- In the Dimension Style Manager, select
the style you want to change. Click Modify.
- In the Modify Dimension Style dialog
box, Primary Units tab or Alternate Units tab, under Zero Suppression,
select from the following:
- Sub-units factor: Suppresses
leading zeros in decimal values.
- Trailing. Suppresses
trailing zeros in decimal values.
- 0 Feet. Suppresses
display of 0 feet in feet and inches values.
- 0 Inches. Suppresses
display of 0 inches in feet and inches values.
- Click OK.
- Click Close to exit the Dimension Style
Manager.
To display dimension value
in sub units
-
- In the Dimension Style Manager, select
the style you want to change. Click Modify.
- In the Modify Dimension Style dialog
box, Primary Units tab or Alternate Units tab, under Zero Suppression,
select Leading.
- Sub-units factor: Sets
the number of sub units to a unit. It is used to display the dimension
distance in a sub unit, for distances less than one unit. For example,
enter 100 if the suffix is m and the
sub-unit suffix is to display in cm.
- Sub-units suffix: Includes
a suffix to the dimension text sub unit. You can enter text or use
control codes to display special symbols. For example, enter cm
to for .96m to display as 96cm.
- Click OK.
- Click Close to exit the Dimension Style
Manager.
CommandsDIMSTYLE
Creates and modifies
dimension styles.
System VariablesDIMALTTZ
Controls suppression
of zeros in tolerance values.
DIMALTZ
Controls the suppression
of zeros for alternate unit dimension values.
DIMAZIN
Suppresses zeros for
angular dimensions.
DIMTZIN
Controls the suppression
of zeros in tolerance values.
DIMZIN
Controls the suppression
of zeros in the primary unit value.