Can't read 2 decimal places for angular tolerance on drw

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September 2, 2016
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I'm trying to change the angular tolerance to 2 decimal place. When I edit the value on screen at the bottom right I can type in 0.25 as an example but it is clearly changing the tolerance only 0.0. I thought if I type in 2 decimal places it would change the setting, since I couldn't find where to add 2 decimal places.

I tried changing it in my configuration editor to 0.25 with no success. The reason I know it's not working properly is because when I read it in my drawing using "&angular_tol_0_00" it displays 0.50. Does anyone know how to fix this issue?

Sheet Metal Design

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TomU

23-Emerald IV

Not sure if it applies, but maybe read through this comment: Re: Actual tolerance different than default tolerance

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dschenken

1-Visitor

That link ended up with the conclusion that an in-house developed app was the likely cause of the problem.

This problem is caused by not realizing that the general purpose config is inappropriate for changing the tolerance for every part the user happened to open and not realizing that per-part settings are what controls, well, per-part settings.

Per-part settings are currently under Prepare, I believe.

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Kevin

1-Visitor

‌The options in the config file are only applied when creating a new empty part.

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Kevin

1-Visitor

‌To change the values for a part that is already created try adding annotation elements for the tolerance value settings you want to change. This will allow you to change the value.

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craisenen

Author

1-Visitor

Kevin Harris,

Yes, that's correct about new parts. Unfortunately, I am updating existing parts.

If I'm understanding you correctly you want me to add a second angular tolerance below to get the 2 decimal places.
Right now (picture below) it has angular_tol_0_0, but I need to add angular_tol_0_00. How do I do that?

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Kevin

1-Visitor

You add an annotation element to the screen for a note that has &angular_tol_0_00 from the annotate tab. I don't believe there is a way to add it to the list of tolerances displayed at the bottom of the screen.

angle tolerance.JPG