Value Properties

Measurements, calculations, and parameters have a Value panel. Use this panel to set the precision and the display name of these objects and to set the value of parameter objects.

Precision: In this box you can set the precision with which the measurement is displayed. Choices range from units to hundred-thousandths. This setting determines only what Sketchpad rounds the value to when the value is displayed on-screen; Sketchpad normally stores the actual value with considerably more accuracy, and this setting doesn’t cause any loss of accuracy in the value Sketchpad uses internally.

Display With: Use this to set the on-screen name that will appear before the value. For instance, if you’ve measured the length of the segment from A to B and changed the measurement’s label to Length, the three possible ways to display the value are illustrated here.

You can also choose Edit Parameter from the Edit menu or double-click with the Arrow tool to change a parameter’s value.

Parameter: In this box you can set the value of a parameter. (This is available only for parameters, not for measurements and other calculations.)