Stop Changing to 13 Place Decimals!

akelly · ‎Jun 12, 2013

Using WF5 M170 Part mode.

[sarcasm] Where's the hidden WF5 config.pro option to make all dimensions 13 place decimal?

Most (not all?) of the time when I edit a dimension in the main window, Pro/E changes the number of decimal places from 3 to 13. If I change it to 3 place in the Dimension Properties, then edit the dimension in the main window, it goes back to 13.

I noticed that the upper and lower tolerance values are screwy (0.0049999998882). I haven't paid attention to these since I'm using nominal dimensions. I changed these to +/-.005, and the number of decimal places to 3. Still, when I change the dimension value in the main window it but still changes the number of decimal places to 13.

Part was originally modeled in WF4. Not sure if that is relevant.

Andrew Kelly, P.E.
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Honeywell Sensing and Control
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akelly · ‎Jun 17, 2013

I found some other posts relating to WF5 rounding and two PTC knowledge base documents(CS119870 and CS15033) still haven't been able to nail this down.

I set these config.pro options:

round_displayed_dim_values no
round_prewf5_displayed_dim_val round none

default_dec_places 3

linear_tol_0_000 0.005

Started a new part and made a simple cube (5x5x5). If I edit one of the dimensions, it switches from 3-place decimal to 12-places. If I change it back to 3 places, everything is OK until I edit the dimension value ... BAM! back to 12 places.

Upper and lower tolerance in a new part are also screwy and don't match the linear_tol value(0.0049999998882)

Andrew Kelly, P.E.

Design Engineer

Honeywell Sensing and Control

2080 Arlingate Lane

Columbus, OH 43228

Office:

Toll Free:

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In Reply to Andrew Kelly:

Using WF5 M170 Part mode.

Most (not all?) of the time when I edit a dimension in the main window, Pro/E changes the number of decimal places from 3 to 13. If I change it to 3 place in the Dimension Properties, then edit the dimension in the main window, it goes back to 13.

I noticed that the upper and lower tolerance values are screwy (0.0049999998882). I haven't paid attention to these since I'm using nominal dimensions. I changed these to +/-.005, and the number of decimal places to 3. Still, when I change the dimension value in the main window it but still changes the number of decimal places to 13.

Part was originally modeled in WF4. Not sure if that is relevant.