Distance Tool - Displaying Trailing Zeros

[Craig D]

Can the distance tool (Dimension Line in Comment Styles Palette) be updated with a setting that will show trailing zeroes?

See below; a measurement that has 53.01m displays as such, yet if the measurement is 53m exactly, it displays as 53m - I want it to display as 53.00m.

image.png

[Sean - PDF-XChange]

Hi Craig,

I'm afraid that's not possible.

Kind regards,

[Willy Van Nuffel]

Hi all,

If you like, you can use Mathew's javascript tool "Change Dimension Text":
See: viewtopic.php?t=40797

Result:
°

PDF-XChange Editor - Change Dimension Text - Javascript tool.png

°
Kind regards.

[Daniel - PDF-XChange]

Hello,

Thank you for the suggestion Willy,
It is important to note that this tool will change the initial visual state of the measure, but if you adjust it later on in any PDF software, it may revert back to the original display values due to the "calculated display value" of the PDF Specifications measurement comments.

If you do make use of this tool, do be sure that you are certain you do not need to change the measurement in the future, or be aware if you need to, that you may need to re-use this tool after the fact.

Kind regards,

[Craig D]

Thanks all. Was hoping to achieve this within the software, rather than using an add on, as I have a large number of users and need to make deployment as simple as possible.

Would have been great to have this function, similar to AutoCAD, Excel etc; but if it's not possible, so be it.

[Willy Van Nuffel]

@PDF-XChange Support
We may just wonder : what is the behavior for this in Ad*be Acr*bat ?
Do they offer settings for trailing zeros ?

Thanks in advance.

[Sean - PDF-XChange]

Hi Craig,

I would recommend getting the free version of PDF-XChange Editor and testing out the features, including adding Mathew's tool for adjusting tool measurements - you may find it is much simpler to do and roll out than you think. You can download the free version here:

https://www.pdf-xchange.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor

by simply clicking the download link and selecting the zipped installer.

Willy - yes, this is possible in that software.

Kind regards,

[Mathew]

Hi Craig,

I'm afraid that's not possible.

Kind regards,

Hi Sean,
I'm a bit confused by this and maybe I'm not understanding the question.

For engineering it's very common to show trailing zeros to clarify the precision of a measurement. The measure setting already has the option to set the precision. From an engineer's perspective the default should be to show the trailing zeros rather than drop them, with the option to be dropping them. Seems to me it's not a complicated ask. In javascript

Code: Select all

util.printf("%.2f", 53);
//53.00

Or maybe @Craig D was asking to change the length of the measurement to exactly 53.00? In that case, my tool is the way to go: There's an option for the tool to change the length to the number you enter.

image.png

image(1).png

Mathew.

[Sean - PDF-XChange]

Hi Mathew,

Yes - I believe Craig wanted it to show .00 exactly - I just meant that it was not possible by default (but of course can be done with your tool).

Kind regards,

[Sean - PDF-XChange]

Update - this feature has been added to the software and will be available in an upcoming build.

Kind regards,

[Sunilkumar]

What are the Common Approaches that can Display Trailing zeros?

[Sean - PDF-XChange]

Hi Sunilkumar,

Can you please clarify what you mean?

Kind regards,