Display Units

With the Display Units form (HOME > Settings) you can control the units and format (nr. of decimals) in which the quantities are displayed in the JewelSuite Geomechanics application. These quantities are closely related to the Property Catalog, as most property types in the catalog have an assigned unit. Note that internally, JewelSuite uses SI units for all quantities.

Upon specifying your coordinate reference system for the first time, all units associated with a CRS (e.g. distance) are set. You can, however, change the display units after the fact via this form.

Important   Display units and formats can also be changed on individual forms throughout the application, often via right-mouse click behind an entry-field or a column header in a table. Changing units and formats directly on a form is not different from changing them via the Display Units form, as in both cases the change will affect the entire solution (not just the form).

Changing display units

You can change display units in multiple ways.

Using the Display Units form you can change display units individually or together as a system of units (Field, Field/UTM, Metric, SI).

  • To set all display units together to a consistent system of units such as Metric, click on the Reset Display Units... button and select the system required. For more information, see Default Unit System.
  • To set a specific display unit, click on the unit name in the Quantity column. This will activate the bottom part of the form, where you can select a display unit and format from the relevant drop-down lists.
  • Click on the Reset Distance to CRS Unit button to set the distance display unit to the official horizontal unit (coordinates unit) of your solution CRS. You may want to do this to, for example, display a map with the correct coordinate values for the solution CRS.

Another way to change display units is on the individual forms throughout the application, where the respective quantity is displayed. When changing a display unit this way, you are changing the display unit for that quantity throughout the entire application.