Units Setup

In SCIA Engineer the user uses and comes into contact with a good number of various physical quantities. In order to allow the user to adjust preferable units and display style of these quantities, the program offers a means for user’s adjustment.

The adjustment can be done in Units Setup dialogue.

Unit "parameters"

Unit	It sets the unit in which the value of appropriate quantity is displayed.
Decimal length	It defines number of decimal digits to be displayed when the corresponding quantity is displayed.
Output format	It specifies the format of displayed value for individual the quantity. See below.

Output format

decimal	standard representation of a number	78.24 cm 782.4 mm
scientific	representation of a number by means of a base and an exponent	7.824E+01 cm 7.82E+02 mm
engineering	representation of a number by means of a base and an exponent, where the exponent is always a multiple of three	78.240E+00 cm 782.40E+00 mm
fractional
fractional	representation of a number by means of a fraction	3/16 in
deg/min/sec	representation of a number used for angles
ft in	representation of a number used for imperial units	2 ft 6.803 in

The procedure for adjustment of units

1. Open dialogue Manage units via Status Bar > Unit system or by searching for the command in the SCIA Spotlight:

   

2. Make the required settings.

3. Confirm with [OK].

Note: For more information about units see chapter Terminology and conventions > Units.