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Rules for Displaying and Handling Units
QuickCalc adheres to the following rules:
■ Results of calculations are always expressed in decimal format unless a
distance is entered in feet and inches
■ Angular values entered in the Input box are assumed to be degrees
regardless of the settings in the Drawing Units dialog box. To specify
radians, grads, and degrees, append an r, g, or d after the angle value.
■ Results of angular calculations are always expressed in degrees with full
AutoCAD precision.
When the drawing units are set to architectural units, the calculator displays
the results of calculations of imperial units in the architectural format and
rounds to the display precision (LUPREC) specified in the drawing. The results
for all other calculations display in decimal format with full precision.
You can separate feet, inches, and fractional inches with a dash, a space, or
nothing. You can use any of the following syntax cases to enter valid feet-inch
formatted values:
■ 5' or 60"
■ 5'-9" or 5' 9" or 5'9"
■ 5'-1/2" or 5' 1/2" or 5'1/2"
■ 5'-9-1/2" or 5' 9-1/2" or 5'9-1/2"
■ 5'-9 1/2" or 5' 9 1/2" or 5'9 1/2"
To designate inches for linear calculations, entering double quotes (") is
optional. For example, instead of entering 5'9-1/2", you could enter 5'9-1/2.
WARNING With imperial units, QuickCalc interprets a minus or a dash (-) as a
unit separator rather than a subtraction operation. To specify subtraction, include
at least one space before or after the minus sign. For example, to subtract 9" from
5', enter 5' -9" rather than 5'-9".
You can use QuickCalc to calculate square feet and cubic feet. To enter square
or cubic feet, you must enter units using these abbreviations:
■ sq. ft. or sq ft
■ cu. ft. or cu ft
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