MM Decimal Points

[Merlinski]

Hi,

I need to work in mm to more decimal precision, like 11.026mm

Is there any way to do this or to make a new unit of measurement with this many decimal points that is accurate in print still?

Any help appreciated, this was asked many versions ago but is still a need of mine.

Cheers

Chris

[handrawn]

you need to change the number of decimal points in windows settings; xara will then do the same

[Merlinski]

Reeally, sure I tried this ages ago, but will check again - stand by for results!

(Exciting, eh?)

[Merlinski]

No dice, still stays the same.

[handrawn]

ok I'll check.....

[handrawn]

yes sorry, this has come up before - the larger units will work this way but not the smaller ones

the most accurate way to measure in xara is in millipoints

1 millipoint = 0.00035277777777778 mm

[Merlinski]

Yes been around this carousel before, seems there's still no way to do this then - how silly.

[handrawn]

if I were doing something really accurate I would want to avoid fractions altogether which is one thing millipoints do; anything smaller than a millipoint, xara is not your app

you could try using scaling maybe, not ideal I know

[Acorn]

Steve, there's been a lot of discussion around measurements.
If you input mm to 3dp, Xara internally stores as milliPoints; there is little loss of accuracy (@handrawn's #6 above).
If you create your own Unit, you overcome the Xara mm display rounding.
Scaling is also a useful approach.

Background:
https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...040#post639040
https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...189#post639189
https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...991#post638991

Acorn

[handrawn]

thanks Mr G - I remember discussion just not got any to hand

I do remember that if you enter 3 decimal places xara will take that into account, but not display it; that is the sort of dead reckoning I can do without, possibly Chris too