-UNITS command

Sets units of linear and angular measurements in the Command line.

BricsCAD Lite; BricsCAD Pro; BricsCAD Mechanical; BricsCAD BIM

Alias: -UN

transparent: '-units

Options wihin the command

Unit mode (LUNITS)
  1. Scientific 4.225E+01
  2. Decimal 42.25
  3. Engineering 3'-6.25"
  4. Architectural 3'-6 1/4"
  5. Fractional 42 1/4
Number of decimal places for LUNITS

Specifies the display precision for decimal units. Enter a number between 0 and 8:

  • 0 - 0 decimal places, such as 0.
  • 1 - 1 decimal places, such as 0.0
  • 2 - 2 decimal places, such as 0.00
  • 3 - 3 decimal places, such as 0.000
  • 4 - 4 decimal places, such as 0.0000
  • 5 - 5 decimal places, such as 0.00000
  • 6 - 6 decimal places, such as 0.000000
  • 7 - 7 decimal places, such as 0.0000000
  • 8 - 8 decimal places, such as 0.00000000

This option also affects the display precision of fractions used by architectural and fractional units:

  • 0 - 0 fractional precision, such as 1
  • 1 - 1/2
  • 2 - 1/4
  • 3 - 1/8
  • 4 - 1/16
  • 5 - 1/32
  • 6 - 1/64
  • 7 - 1/128
  • 8 - 1/256
Angular unit mode (AUNITS)

Specifies the display style of angular units. Enter a number:

  1. Decimal degrees 90.0
  2. Degrees/minutes/seconds 90d0'0
  3. Grads 100.00g
  4. Radians 1.57r
  5. Surveyor's units N 00d0'0"E

There are 400 grads in a circle. There are 2*pi radians (approximately 6.282) in a circle. The N and E in Surveyor's units refers to North and east.

AUNITS variables stores the style of angular units.

Number of decimal places for angular units
Specifies the number of decimal places. Enter a number between 0 and 8.
Angle 0 direction
Specifies the direction for 0 degrees. Enter an angle, or pick two points in the drawing. The default is the positive x axis. You can also rotate the drawing through the Snap command's Rotate option.
Do you want angles measured clockwise?

Specifies the direction in which to measure angles:

  • Yes - measures angles clockwise
  • No - measures angles counterclockwise (default)