Mathcad Prime 5.0 automatically converts my defined units to base units

[saadhere]

Hello PTC Community,

I am working on mathcad prime 5.0.0 and I have been facing an issue regarding the unit conversions.

As you can see from the screenshot attached ('scrn1'), I have explicitly defined a variable "MGR" to have ft.lbf unit but when I print / display it, the units are automatically converted to its base units.

A possible work around is to 'forcefully' change the units in the block where I have printed the result (refer to scrn2 and scrn3). However, I have not been able to find a permanent fix.

I would appreciate if anyone can help me out.

Thanks.

[terryhendicott · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Mathcad is working as planned.

Mathcad always displays the base units unless you change it as you have done in scrn2 and scrn3.

This is how the units work.

Cheers

Terry