Units for User Parameters

[Anonymous]

The units thing for User Parameters making things very difficult on me. example: "ul/in" will not solve instead I have to fake Inventor out buy throwing in a "1 in * ul/in" factor to get a in result. This is beyond me can someone shed some light on how to get around this units stuff and make inventor ignore units.

[Anonymous]

You have to match the units of the parameter. For example if the units of
the param are ul and you reference a parameter in the equation that has
units of inch... (e.g....

d0 = 5 in
userparam (in units of ul) = d0*3

you will need to multiply the equation by 1 ul / 1 in

so you'd have in * 3 * 1ul / 1 in = 3 ul

It's just a matte of canceling the units. Also keep in mind IV doesn;t know
what "in" is but it know what "1 in" is. You need a value to go with the
units.


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> The units thing for User Parameters making things very difficult on me.
example: "ul/in" will not solve instead I have to fake Inventor out buy
throwing in a "1 in * ul/in" factor to get a in result. This is beyond me
can someone shed some light on how to get around this units stuff and make
inventor ignore units.