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Unit of Measure (UoM) categories
Purpose
Classifies units of measure into related groups, and permits defining new groups for your custom properties. Units of measure that share a UoM category (that is, belong to a particular group) can be converted amongst themselves.
Where used
Units of measure
Data fields
- Name
- This is the complete name for the UoM category.
- Description
- This describes the UoM category and its function.
- Default UoM
- You can choose which unit of measure will be considered the default selection within the current category. The default member will be supplied when newly-created items require a UoM from the current category.
- Use on part
- When this checkbox is marked, the entire category of units is displayed for parts. For example, the Time category is irrelevant on a BOM (unless you've defined a labor pseudo-part); the Count (e.g., each) category is typically used on BOMs.
- Convertible
- When this checkbox is marked, all UoMs in the current category can be converted between each other.
- Use to count items
- Use to indicate proportion
- Use to measure time
- Use to measure mass (weight)
- These checkboxes are useful for indicating that the UoM category can be associated with structure roll-ups: aggregating item counts, labor time, and material proportion or weight.
- Active: users can select
- Default member of collection
- Permanent member of collection
- For a description of these checkboxes, see the Collections reference > Common properties & attributes help topic.
Setup suggestions
Many numeric custom properties will require units of measure. Broad types of property units would include electrical (voltage, resistance, capacitance, inductance, power dissipation), mechanical or physical (load, tensile strength, rotational velocity), chemical (pH, molecular weight) or other characteristic.
It's usually easier to add categories as they're required, rather than trying to anticipate every need.
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