How to set the decimal precision of a dashboard input linked to a global variable

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Matheus Rosa asked May 31 2016 at 5:35 PM Matthew Gillespie edited May 31 2016 at 8:26 PM

How to set the decimal precision of a dashboard input linked to a global variable

I tried to use Edit > Model Settings > Decimal precision and changed the value from 2 to 3, but I don't know why it's not working. I need to setup my decimal precision to 0.000 instead of 0.00 which is the default.

Thanks.

Software Version:

FlexSim 16.0.1

global variables model input units decimal precision precision

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Jordan Johnson ♦♦ commented · May 31 2016 at 5:56 PM

What are you trying to accomplish? Model precision affects many of the values in FlexSim, but not all of them. It also doesn't affect the behavior of commands like numtostring.

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Matheus Rosa commented · May 31 2016 at 6:40 PM

I am using a Dashboard with a model input to set up the x,y,z size of the object. To do it I'm using a Set Size trigger "OnCreation" in the source. The problem is, when I type any value in my dashboard that has more than .00 of precision, the systems rounds it. See attached.

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Matthew Gillespie ♦♦ Matheus Rosa commented · May 31 2016 at 6:47 PM

See my answer, but saving the model and reopening it fixed this issue on my end.

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-31T18:07:26Z

Matthew Gillespie answered May 31 2016 at 6:07 PM

In version 16.0 there are a few issues with precision UI settings that have been fixed for the upcoming 16.1 release.

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After changing the precision to 3 and clicking on a 3D object the General Properties panel looks like this:

The bottom two rows are using the new precision, but the top row is not. The easiest way to get around this issue is to save the model after you change the precision setting, and then reopen that model.

Now the properties look like this:

So try changing the precision, saving the model, and then reopening it. If that doesn't work could you please give us an example of what's not working?

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