Format Values dialog box

You can open the Format Values dialog box using the Format button, which is located in the Properties dialog box for annotations, dimensions, drawing views, and tables. The formatting options that are available depend on the property text string you are modifying.

Input value

Displays the input property text string at the cursor position when you selected the Format button.

Units

The check box preceding each of the following options turns the formatting on and off. You can predefine formatting, and then apply it when you need it using the check box.

No units (/NU)

Displays a value but no units.

Example:

2712.000

Dual units (/du)

Displays dual units, if the Dual unit display check box also is selected on the Secondary Units tab in the dimension style. Applies only to fields that evaluate to a single unit value.

The secondary unit displays ( ) or [ ] based on the options set in the dimension style.

Example:

Text

The check boxes preceding each of the following options turns the formatting on and off. You can predefine formatting, and then apply it when you need it using the check box.

Round-off (/@n)

Specifies the number of decimal places for the value.

Example:

If Round-off=.1, then 90.5.

If Round-off=.123, then 90.145.

Date-time (/@)

Specifies the format of property text that resolves to date and time, such as the Created and Modified properties.

Example:

The year, month, day, and time format options are shown in the following table.

Date-time format option	Sample output
M/d/yyyy	1/1/2015
dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy	Thursday, January 01, 2015
MMMM d, yyyy	January 1, 2015
M/d/yy	1/1/15
yyyy-MM-dd	2015-01-01
d-MMM-yy	1-Jan-15
M.d.yyyy	1.1.2015
MMM. d, yy	Jan. 1, 15
d MMMM yyyy	1 January 2015
MMMM yy	January 15
MMM-yy	Jan-15
M/d/yyyy h:mm tt	1/1/2015 1:01 AM
M/d/yyyy h:mm:ss tt	1/1/2015 1:01:01 AM
h:mm tt	1:01 AM
h:mm:ss tt	1:01:01 AM
HH:mm	01:01
HH:mm:ss	01:01:01

For a complete list of format options that you can enter manually, see Date and time format of property text.

Text case

The text case codes specify a predefined capitalization format.

Text case option	Capitalization	Example
TC1	UPPERCASE	FILE NAME
TC2	lowercase	file name
TC3	Sentence case	File name
TC4	Title Case	File Name

Tolerance

The check box turns the stack or limit tolerance formatting on and off. You can predefine formatting, and then apply it when you need it using the check box.

Stack (/ST)

Displays the stack tolerance values entered in the Upper and Lower boxes.

Text height is defined by the active dimension style.

Stack tolerance option	Example
Upper tolerance only	If Upper=+.02 and Lower=blank, then
Lower tolerance only	If Upper=blank and Lower=+.02, then
Upper and lower tolerance	If Upper=+.02 and Lower=-.03, then

Limit (/LT)

Specifies that limit tolerance is calculated. The positive or negative numbers in the Upper and Lower boxes are added or subtracted from the property text value before they are displayed.

Text height is defined by the active dimension style.

Limit tolerance type	Example
Lower limit only	If Nominal HS=5.28, and Upper=blank and Lower=-.25, then
Upper and lower limit	If Nominal HS=12.12, and Upper=+.05 and Lower=+.01, then

Upper

Specifies an upper tolerance value or an upper limit value.

Lower

Specifies a lower tolerance value or a lower limit value.

Reset

Resets the input and output values to the original property text string. You can use this option when you want to restore the Format Values dialog box to its initial settings.

Clear

Clears all formatting applied to the Output value, and sets all formatting options to blank.

Output value

Displays the input property text string with the value format codes appended to it.

When you are modifying an annotation, the formatting is updated and displayed when you close this dialog box. When you are modifying the format of property text strings in a table data cell, the changes appear when you click Apply.

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