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Visio Discussions => ShapeSheet & Smart Shapes => Topic started by: celoranta on November 01, 2017, 06:40:39 PM

Title: Square Roots of Dimension Unit Values
Post by: celoranta on November 01, 2017, 06:40:39 PM
Hi All.

I'm doing some trig on the shapesheet, and need to solve the pythagorian theorem.  Unfortunately, the following:

=SQRT(X Units - Y Units)

returns a #DIM error. 

I believe Visio is looking for a compound unit to represent 'Units ^-2.'   I don't need this, as the result of the solved theorem should return the same non-compound unit used in 'X' and 'Y'.

Any workarounds for this?
Title: Re: Square Roots of Dimension Unit Values
Post by: Yacine on November 01, 2017, 07:07:37 PM
I don't understand your problem with units.
Use the values as they are. Visio cares about the units.
Title: Re: Square Roots of Dimension Unit Values
Post by: Paul Herber on November 01, 2017, 08:05:31 PM
All calculations are done with internal units. Ignore the units.
Title: Re: Square Roots of Dimension Unit Values
Post by: wapperdude on November 01, 2017, 09:34:12 PM
The Pythagorean Theorem requires the values inside the sqrt to be squared...as Yacine's example shows.

Wapperdude