Unit and Dimension Finder 

Use

MDM provides built-in support for over 70 different physical dimensions and over 750 different units of measure, so that it may be a bit tedious to find the proper dimension that contains a particular unit.

To address this challenge, MDM offers a Unit and Dimension Finder that allows you to type in a string and locate all the units that contain it. Just as with free-form search, the finder supports a contains search, a starts with search, and an equals search.

The finder also searches against MDM’s built-in dictionary of over 2000 synonyms and abbreviations for the units, so that the list is always comprehensive regardless of what you type.

Procedure

To find the units and dimension that match a typed string:

       1.      Choose Attributes ® Unit and Dimension Finder from the main menu to open the Unit and Dimension Finder dialog shown in the figure below.

       2.      In the dialog’s Find What text box, type the text you want to match.

       3.      In the Operator drop-down control, choose the type of match you want:

¡        Contains

¡        Starts With

¡        Equals

       4.      Click Find. MDM populates the grid with all the units that match.

       5.      Sort by either Dimension or Unit and scroll the grid to find the units and dimensions you are looking for.

       6.      Click Cancel when you are done to close the dialog.