Percents Display Format

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Percents Display Format

Measurements are sometimes unit-less ratios, such as the scaling of a photograph. This tab view provides inspection and input of these values as percentages or ratios on the Graphic Details Inspector.

These values may be displayed and entered as either ratios or percentages. The parameter settings on this tab view apply only to these parameters, the format used for lengths measured in defined units are controlled by the parameters on the Lengths tab view.

This input selection is accessed by opening the Graphic Details Inspector, top item on the main Tools menu, and de-selecting all graphics (Cmd-Shift-A). With the Inspector open and no graphics selected, the Pct tab is clicked to present these control parameters.

The precision value defines the number of decimal digits shown, after the decimal point. If fractions are in use, decimal precision is used to define the precision of fractional intervals. For example, a precision of 2 rounds to the nearest 1/4 while a precision of 4 rounds to the nearest 1/16th.

The Units popup specifies the format of the suffix of a ratio or percentage value. You may choose None, Units, Abbreviation, or Punctuation. Punctuation applies only to feet,inches, and degrees.

The Form popup specifies how numbers should be displayed, Decimal, Fraction, Feet/Inches or Alternate. Alternate provides for decimal representation showing the primary units as specified on the Scale palette for the whole drawing and the metric/inches value in parenthesis.

The Basis popup menu specifies the choice for displaying as a percents or ratios. Percents are calculated by multiplying a Ratio by 100.

The Width allowed for these numeric text fields is defined by the interactive control provided directly above the Pct tab view. Adjust the slider to provided the desired space to display and input percentage or ratio values with the chosen format. This width setting applies only to percentages, lengths and angles are displayed with the width setting associated with their respective tab views.

The settings here define the format used for input of values as well as the display of values. If percentages are the defined format a value of 100 would return a photo's scaling to the actual size. If Ratios are the defined format a value of 100 will scale a photo to be 100 times larger than actual size.

Undo and Redo are supported for changes to these values.