PLUS 2D supports both metric as well as English units. You can change the units at any time. Go to Tools>Unit settings.
| MKS / FPS / Custom | You can select the one of the three choices to specify units for various measures.
MKS - Metric system - Length in meter, Weight in Kg, Area in Sq.m, volume in liters. FPS - Foot-pound system - Length in inch, Weight in lbs, Area in Sq.ft, volume in liters. Custom - Select your own units. You can have Length in meter, Area in Sq.ft. |
| Measure Type | This shows the measure for which the display unit needs to be set. |
| Unit | Select the units in which the display is required.. |
| Precision | Precision for units displayed in as decimal. |
| Compact Form | This decides how the number is to be displayed - compact or the long form. 1.200 with Compact Form selected will be displayed as 1.2, while 4/8 will be shows as 1/2. |
| Example | Example of the selected units. |
For Units in fractional Inches the units can be input in following ways (say 1/32 is the display precision).
Consider you have to input 6.25 inches. It can be input in one of the following ways
6.25 or 6.25” or 6 1/4 or 6 1/4" or 6 8/32 or 6 8