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~UNITS

 

~UNITS, Usys, Unit, LabUnit, CONVFACT, Name

Defines or modifies the user units system

DATABASE: Set Up

Usys

Identifies the unit’s system defined by the user. The unit systems supported by CivilFEM are the following:

SI	International System
BFT	British system in feet
BIN	British system in inches

Unit

Identifies the unit defined by the user. Valid values for this label are the following:

LENG	Length unit
TIME	Time unit
FORC	Force unit
PRES	Pressure unit
MASS	Mass unit
MONE	Monetary unit

LabUnit

It allows identifying the different units from which to choose inside each option of Unit label. Valid values for this label are:

Unit	LabUnit	Description
LENG	M	Meter
	DM	Decimetre
	CM	Centimetre
	MM	Millimetres
	IN	Inch
	FT	Foot
	YD	Yards
TIME	S	Second
	MIN	Minute
	H	Hours
FORC	N	Newton
	KN	Kilo Newton
	LBF	Pound force
	OZF	Ounce force
	KIPS	Kips
	KP	kg force
	MP	Tn force
PRES	PA	Pascal
	KPA	Kilopascal
	MPA	MegaPascal
	PSI	lbf/in2
	PSF	lbf/ft2
	FW	Foot of water
	KP/M2	kp/m2
	KP/CM2	kp/cm2
	KP/MM2	kp/mm2
	MP/M2	Mp/m2
MASS	KG	Kilogram
	G	Gram
	LB	Pound(av)
	OZ	Ounce(av)
	SLUG	Slugs
	TN	Tons
MONE	EURO	Euros
	DOLLAR	Dollars

CONVFACT

Conversion factor for user units.

Name

Unit abbreviation.

Notes

- Only one of the arguments FACTF, FACTP and FACTM should be specified, recalculating the others in function of time and length units.

- This command defines the unit system that is applied for all CivilFEM commands that need this information (mainly the definition of sections and materials and code checking). The change of units after defining some data can lead to erroneous results.

- To define a user’s length using the conversion factor, the command with its respective fields will be the following: ~UNITS, ,LENG, ,0.4, length

Menu Paths

Main Menu > CIVIL Setup > Units

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