General preferences: Numerical formatting

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The program collects all information in microns. Options include the choice of measurement units and numerical precision.

The display of measurement units can be chosen in microns, millimeters, or centimeters, with precision values ranging from 1 to 6 significant digits.

Use Scientific Notation: Formats the display of all numeric values with the number of digits specified by precision followed by the appropriate exponent.

 

A number that is stored internally as 109814.37 is displayed as:

  • 1.09814e5 if precision is set to 6
  • 1.10e5 if precision is set to 3