The project discipline defaults are defined on A.20.13 Project Discipline Defaults screen found under Administration > A.20 Project/Product Group.
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The parameter ZO_NPS_UOM under OTHERS tab, has a value of "I" for Inch, "M" for Metric, and "F" for Fraction. The unit display can be set using the parameters ZO_UNIT_IN or ZO_UNIT_MM. Based on the setting, the ident description reflects the change.
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The setting ZI_SP3D_UO converts units for the Smart 3D configuration set for US standards; however, this functionality is deprecated because using the unit conversion functionality in Smart 3D is preferable.
Changing Units from Imperial to Metric
We can change the units on either A 20.12 Project Defaults or A 20.13 Project Discipline Defaults found under Administration > A.20 Project/Product Group.
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If the customer wants to export the catalog data in MM, the customer must change the value for ZX_NX_UNIT to ‘mm" on A 20.12 or A 20.13 on the General tab.
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On the Integrator tab, customer must change the value for ZI_SP3D_UO to ‘mm" on A 20.12 or A 20.13 screens.
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On the Others tab, customer must change the value for ZO_NPS_UOM to ‘M" on A 20.12 or A 20.13 screens.