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Using control characters for calculations

You can use control characters to perform calculations in the text editor.

Effect

Control character

Remark

Opens the calculation

%AA

Basic mathematical calculations (+, -, * and /) are supported, as well as parentheses. Commas must be entered as points (".").

Closes the calculation

%AE

Defines the formatting of the calculation result

%FA

See the examples below

Closes the formatting of the calculation result

%FE

See the examples below

Formats the decimal places as superscript

%FAH

For Allplan fonts only

Defines the unit of the calculation result

%D

You can enter numbers between 1 and 9.

Example: %D3%AA7000%AE returns 7 (division by 1000)

%D* interprets the result as mm and displays it in m or cm

Examples of formatting calculation results:

Example

Result

 

*.2

Any number of decimal places

 

2 decimal places (rounded off)

5.2

5 digits before the decimal point

 

2 decimal places (rounded off)

5.2.0

5 digits before the decimal point

 

2 decimal places (rounded off)

 

Fill 0 (no) decimal places with zeros

 

Number

Representation

 

1.2

1.2

 

1.0

1

 

10.125

1.13

*.2.1

Any number of decimal places

 

2 decimal places (rounded off)

 

Fill 1 decimal place with rounded-off value

 

Number

Representation

 

1.2

1.2

 

1.0

1.0

 

10.125

1.13

*.2.0.5

Any number of decimal places

 

2 decimal places (rounded off)

 

Fill 0 (no) decimal places with zeros

 

Round last decimal place off to 5

 

Number

Representation

 

1.20

1.2

 

1.00

1

 

1.23

1.25

2 and 5 can be used as round-off values.

Basic mathematical calculations (+, -, * and /) are supported, as well as parentheses. Commas must be entered as points (".").

Example

%FA3.2%FE%AA3.2*2.55%AE returns 8.16



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