Dear Mr Patel,
I hope this post still reaches you as the last activity on this thread was over 2 years ago.
I am happy to tell you i may have found the solution (or work around) to your problem. I have yet to test the consistency of the solution, but preliminary results are actually quite positive.
See the image below for the result.
I came upon your question as i was struggling with this issue myself. A fellow colleague complained the ,000 would suggest to the frame supplier we needed some very precise dimensions. We don't, obviously.
I am unable to make a fancy video (screencast, i believe) as i have no knowledge of how to, but i will try to explain as clearly as possible.
The solution:
1. Open (edit) the parts list in the drawing.
2. "format column" the desired column.
3. In the "substitution" tab, enable value substitution.
I used frame generator, and i believe frame generator exports the G_L property of its parts as default, so you might be able to use this value as well. You could also use a different value if you so wish, there is plenty of information about value substitution available.
4. Also apply "Units Formatting".
The units formatting in the substitution tab applies only to the substituted values, not the entire column.
The settings should look like this:
The RED settings modify how the values are displayed, i believe the settings shown above will result in what you desire, but feel free to experiment yourself.
The BLUE setting is relevant if you have non-unique parts and have set up grouping accordingly, you should probably set it to "sum of values" then. If you have unique parts only (non consolidating rows), the setting can be ignored.
Should look like this now. The blue-ish fill means they are substituted, this doesn't show in your parts list on the drawing.
If you have any questions i'd love to hear them, i might be able to help some more.
If you encounter any problems (and find a solution or not) i'd like to hear it as well, share the knowledge!
- Mees
If you create a user parameter called "tube_length" for example, set the units to "ft". Now right-click on your virtual component > Component settings > set base quantity drop down to your user parameter, then that should also change your base unit to ft. Hope that helps.
Yes that is what I did, however, it still shows the 3 trailing zeros (even in your picture), but I want none (similar to above conversation).
Hi! The trailing zero in this case is controlled by the assembly doc settings. Go to Tools -> Doc Settings -> Units -> Linear Dim Display Precision. Change it to no decimal place.
Many thanks!
Johnson Shiue (johnson.shiue@autodesk.com)
Software Test Engineer
