Is there a function to retrieve the unitless version of a user parameter?

[bassbonematt]

When creating user parameters, I often need to use exponents, square roots, etc., and these math functions either require unitless input, or when given unit-ed input, the resulting output no longer matches the unit of the parameter I'm defining, e.g. if x=2 in., x^2 results in 4 in^2, which means the unit for the parameter must be in^2.

Is there a function to retrieve the unitless version of a parameter? That would solve this problem, but if you have other tips to work around this, I'd love to hear them! Right now, I end up defining two different versions of the same parameter--one with a unit and one that's no unit. That kinda sucks.

[g-andresen · Accepted solution]

Hi,

for your example: 4 in / 1 in = 4

günther

[bassbonematt]

While that's kinda clunky, it's a step better than what I had been doing. Thank you! I would still like to see Autodesk implement a function to retrieve the unitless value of a parameter, though, as that would be even cleaner.

[g-andresen]

Hi,

in such a case I define a user parameter „ Unit“  > value = 1in

günther

[HughesTooling]

You can just divide by the units, no need to add the 1.

Mark