Writing Special Characters

Special characters can be used during dimensioning or creation of 2D text lines. Whenever a text input is required, a toolbar containing special characters is available. Click a corresponding icon to enter a special character.

The following special characters are available:

• Diameter sign
• Degree sign
• Plus/minus sign
• Set of selected Greek letters
• Set of selected currency symbols
• Set of selected general symbols
• Set of selected numerical symbols

Special characters toolbar

Mathematic Expressions

If you need to specify a numeric value, you can enter a number or a mathematic expression. If either the expression or number contains errors or invalid characters, a warning message is displayed.

Mathematic expressions can contain the following operators:

• + (plus)
• - (minus)
• * (multiply)
• / (divide)
• ^ (exponent)

Numbers and variables can be written in brackets or parentheses with unlimited insertion levels.

Mathematic expressions can also contain the following functions:

• sin, cos (sine, cosine)
• tan, atan (tangent, arc tangent)
• asin, acos (arc sine, arc cosine)
• log (decimal logarithm)
• ln (natural logarithm)
• exp (exponent of e)
• rtd (converts radians to decimal values)
• dtr (converts decimal values to radians)
• sqr (square)
• sqrt (square root)

You must enclose arguments in brackets or parentheses. Trigonometric function arguments are entered in degrees.

Example of correct expression: 1 + 2*sin (30) + 2*(2^2+sqrt (9))

The result is 16.

Calculator - CAL, Shift + F9

Enter and solve mathematic expressions.