#### Number of Decimal Places

Number of Decimal Places area

The Number of Decimal Places area controls the number of decimal places displayed in the Edit window and the inspection report.

Choose the desired option to determine the number of decimal places that will be displayed.

Each time this is changed in a program, PC-DMIS places a command: DISPLAYPRECISION/ # into the part program. This specifies the precision to be displayed at this section of the program. If this command is not used, then the default value is automatically used. If this command is used, the precision will stay as specified unless changed by another instance of the command.

- Millimeter part programs allow up to five decimal places.

- Inch part programs allow up to six decimal places.

For example, choosing 6 for an inch part program and clicking OK inserts this command into the Edit window: DISPLAYPRECISION/6

This causes any dimensions listed below this command to be displayed with six decimal places, as illustrated in this Location dimension:

DISPLAYPRECISION/6

DIM LOC2= LOCATION OF POINT PNT1 UNITS=IN ,$

GRAPH=OFF TEXT=OFF MULT=10.00 OUTPUT=BOTH HALF ANGLE=NO

AX NOMINAL +TOL -TOL MEAS DEV OUTTOL

X 2436.427000 0.001970 0.001970 2436.427000 0.000000 0.000000 ----#----

Y 229.658000 0.001970 0.001970 229.658000 0.000000 0.000000 ----#----

Z 849.992000 0.001970 0.001970 849.992000 0.000000 0.000000 ----#----

T 0.000000 0.001970 0.001970 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 ----#----

END OF DIMENSION LOC2