https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/unable-to-square-a-parameter/m-p/8562865#M157235 <P>units.&nbsp; The result of clearance * clearance is "mm^2" (a measure of area).&nbsp; You just need to balance the units by dividing by "1mm" to get "mm" as the units.</P> Thu, 31 Jan 2019 04:28:11 GMT jeff_strater 2019-01-31T04:28:11Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/unable-to-square-a-parameter/m-p/8562858#M157234 <P>I set a parameter "clearance" = .1 mm</P> <P>the following functions don't work:</P> <PRE>clearance ^ 2 clearance * clearance</PRE> <P>however the following functions do work</P> <PRE>clearance * .1 .1 * .1 .1 ^ 2</PRE> <P>I have tried this with every named parameter I have and none of them can be squared.&nbsp; I only want the clearance value stored once so I can't use the working examples.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Any ideas why this won't work?</P> Thu, 31 Jan 2019 04:17:32 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/unable-to-square-a-parameter/m-p/8562858#M157234 Anonymous 2019-01-31T04:17:32Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/unable-to-square-a-parameter/m-p/8562865#M157235 <P>units.&nbsp; The result of clearance * clearance is "mm^2" (a measure of area).&nbsp; You just need to balance the units by dividing by "1mm" to get "mm" as the units.</P> Thu, 31 Jan 2019 04:28:11 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/unable-to-square-a-parameter/m-p/8562865#M157235 jeff_strater 2019-01-31T04:28:11Z