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Dialog Format: Calculation (Form and Plot frame editor)

In this dialog you can use format elements to create a calculation formula for project and parts data in order to output this in reports.

Overview of the main dialog elements:

Available format elements:

This field shows all format elements that can be part of a calculation formula. To load a format element for the calculation formula into the Selected format elements field, select it and then click ( Move to the right).

The following format elements are available in the Available format elements field:

Format element

Meaning

Placeholder text

Opens the Placeholder texts - <Form type> dialog. Allows insertion of placeholder text into the calculation formula.

+

Adds

-

Subtracts

*

Multiplies

/

Divides

(

Groups several format elements together with the format element ). This defines the priority of calculation in the calculation formula.

)

Groups several format elements together with the format element (. This defines the priority of calculation in the calculation formula.

Number

Opens the dialog Format: Number. Allows entry of a constant number into the calculation formula.

Selected format elements:

This field contains the format elements comprising the format of the calculation formula.

Minimum number of digits:

The value in this field defines the minimum number of digits to be used for the result. This value only affects the positions before the decimal point. If the result has fewer digits before the decimal point than specified here, then the missing digits are padded with the filler character you have defined in the Filler character field.

Filler character:

Missing positions are filled in with this filler character. The number of digits filled depends on the value you entered in the Minimum number of digits field.

Decimal places:

The value in this field defines the minimum number of decimal places displayed in the result. If the result has more digits than allowed after the decimal point, then the digits are rounded to the permitted number of decimal places. If the result has fewer digits than allowed after the decimal point, then the missing digits are padded with the filler character you have defined in the Filler character field.

Decimal places, variable:

If this check box is selected then decimal places are never padded with filler characters. If the result has fewer digits than allowed after the decimal point, then the result remains unchanged. If the result has more digits than allowed after the decimal point, then the digits are rounded to the permitted number of decimal places.

Hide output if:

In this group box you define the conditions under which the project / parts data is not output. Select an operator from the drop-down list. Enter a value for the condition in the field below this.

Including preceding separator:

If this check box is selected then the project data satisfying the conditions in the fields above is not output, including any preceding separator. This setting affects the Separator format element preceding the Calculation format element.

Including following separator:

If this check box is selected then the project data satisfying the conditions in the fields above is not output, including any subsequent separators. This setting affects the Separator format element coming after the Calculation format element.

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