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Ability to set the mesurement system at the attribute and object level

Ability to set the mesurement system at the attribute and object level

Status: Acknowledged Submitted by 6-Contributor on ‎Apr 03, 2018 03:58 PM
6 Comments (6 New)

When a company deals with both imperial and metric components, there is no choice to have 2 reusable attributes for the same dimension: one in metric and the other in imperial to get the value "user-readable".

E.g: the length of a screw in millimeters or inches.

 

Having 2 IBAs makes searches, classification browsing, or table displays less efficient.

The ability to set the measurement system for an object or even for an attribute of an object would be much better.

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6 Comments
BenLoosli
23-Emerald I
23-Emerald I
‎Apr 03, 2018 04:27 PM
‎Apr 03, 2018 04:27 PM

In this instance I would have to disagree. When it comes to purchased items like hardware, they should be modeled and dimensioned in their natural units. Metric lengths in mm and imperial lengths in inches.

 

There are other instances where the units of the value are important and NX added units to their attributes years ago because of this.

 

Florent
14-Alexandrite
14-Alexandrite
‎Apr 03, 2018 04:39 PM
‎Apr 03, 2018 04:39 PM

I believe we agree. Having 2 IBAs for the same dimension is a workaround and not a reliable solution.

That's why I posted this idea to be able to specify the measurement unit on each object. I guess I wasn't clear enough.

 

If my screw matches to the metric standard (ISO), I want to specify the length in mm and the attribute to be display in mm (or at least in meters).

If my screw matches to the imperial standard (ANSI), I want to specify the same attribute in inches and obviously the value displayed in inches.

 

Florent

 

 

PTCModerator
Emeritus
‎Mar 27, 2019 02:22 PM
‎Mar 27, 2019 02:22 PM
Status changed to: Acknowledged
 
Ismail_shaik
6-Contributor
6-Contributor
‎Jan 17, 2020 10:11 PM
‎Jan 17, 2020 10:11 PM

We have the same issue. We use both imperial and metric for screws. Having 2 IBAs for the same dimension is the only solution/workaround? Has anybody implemented any different solution for this issue? Any insight that you provide will be a great help for me.

BjoernRueegg
17-Peridot
17-Peridot
‎Jan 20, 2020 04:59 AM
‎Jan 20, 2020 04:59 AM

I'm not sure and I haven't tested it, but can't that be done with a calculated attribute?

Florent
14-Alexandrite
14-Alexandrite
‎Jan 20, 2020 01:03 PM
‎Jan 20, 2020 01:03 PM

A calculated attribute doesn't allow to set the attribute in the correct unit.

Also, I'm not sure about the search capability on a calculated attribute. I think it was planned, but not sure this is done yet.