Units of Measure

The Units of measure page contains all the units you may use on a project. From the Main menu, select Master Data Libraries > Units of Measure. The Units of Measure page opens.

Each unit of measure comes with details, as indicated below:

Unit of Measure Details

Term

Definition

Example

Term

Definition

Example

Name

The name of the unit of measure.

Yard

Measurement type

Indicates whether the unit is area, length, volume, power, unit, or weight.

Length

Base UoM

What the unit of measure references to relate to other units of measure.

Meter

Conversion factor

Provides the factor to convert the unit of measure to its Default alternate measurement.

0.9144000

Measurement system

Indicates if the unit of measure is English or Metric.

English

Default alternate measurement

The measurement the unit of measure converts to by default.

Meter

With the required permissions, you can add new units of measure manually.