# 2D Drawing Dimension Formatting
**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/2d-drawing-dimension-formatting/11966
**Category:** Modeling Questions
**Created:** [March 20, 2021, 4:14am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/2d-drawing-dimension-formatting/11966 "2021-03-20T04:14:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@uber.geek](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/uber.geek)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2021, 4:14am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/2d-drawing-dimension-formatting/11966/1 "2021-03-20T04:14:32Z")
Exporting a 2D Drawing on the iPad, using mm as the unit. I am finding that fractional units are being displayed with a comma, instead of a decimal point. I can’t seem to find a setting, to allow me to change this. It happens, even when using ANSI page sizes (though, I would expect to have the option to change this, irrespective of using ANSI/metric page sizes.
Am I missing the option, or is it not there?
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### Author:  [@McD](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/McD)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/2d-drawing-dimension-formatting/11966/2 "2021-03-20T05:03:22Z")
The metric system uses commas instead of decimal points. That is the standard. The US bastardizes this standard when we use decimal points instead of commas.
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### Author:  [@McD](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/McD)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2021, 5:13am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/2d-drawing-dimension-formatting/11966/3 "2021-03-20T05:13:43Z")
Looking further, other countries mix metric and imperial standards for the decimal and comma.
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### Author:  [@uber.geek](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/uber.geek)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2021, 5:45am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/2d-drawing-dimension-formatting/11966/4 "2021-03-20T05:45:08Z")
To my knowledge, the SI does not specify a specific decimal separator (if I am wrong, please cite a source); the difference is traditional/cultural, pre-dating the metric system. As you mentioned, not all metric-only/mostly nations have the same standards for this (for the aforementioned reason)
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### Author:  [@milouchien](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/milouchien)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2021, 9:19am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/2d-drawing-dimension-formatting/11966/5 "2021-03-20T09:19:02Z")
Whatever SI says, the clients and makers I work with across the whole of Britain will not understand a comma separator because it’s also used to separate thousands.
Each country has its own standard so it would be very helpful/imperative to be able to option these factors.
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### Author:  [@uber.geek](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/uber.geek)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/2d-drawing-dimension-formatting/11966/6 "2021-03-20T21:02:09Z")
Agreed. Clearly, this needs to be a configurable option, and I feel like it was just a mistake/oversight that it was neglected. It’s a new feature, so I can imagine we’ll get it fixed, soon. Can anybody from Shapr weigh in?
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### Author:  [@uber.geek](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/uber.geek)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2021, 8:39am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/2d-drawing-dimension-formatting/11966/7 "2021-03-25T08:39:15Z")
Bumping this post
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### Author:  [@zoltan.k\_Shapr3D](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/zoltan.k_Shapr3D)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2021, 8:51am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/2d-drawing-dimension-formatting/11966/8 "2021-03-25T08:51:06Z")
Hi uber.geek et al,
Thank you for the feedback, and sorry for the late reply, meanwhile we already started to work on adding a solution for this to the Drawings tool. Based on our plan, you’ll be able to configure the thousands and decimal separators as you wish. I cannot add an exact estimation for its release, but it’s in the pipeline and will be available in the foreseeable future.
All the best,
Zoli
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### Author:  [@uber.geek](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/uber.geek)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2021, 9:56am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/2d-drawing-dimension-formatting/11966/9 "2021-03-25T09:56:08Z")
Thanks for the info!
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### Author:  [@milouchien](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/milouchien)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2021, 11:12am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/2d-drawing-dimension-formatting/11966/10 "2021-03-25T11:12:38Z")
Thats very good news zoltan. Thank you. And thanks uber.geek for persisting…!
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### Author:  [@uber.geek](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/uber.geek)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2021, 8:54am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/2d-drawing-dimension-formatting/11966/11 "2021-06-24T08:54:54Z")
Hey, Zoltan, hope you are doing well.
Do you know if there any updated release estimate for this fix?
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### Author:  [@Alexander\_P](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Alexander_P)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2021, 10:00am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/2d-drawing-dimension-formatting/11966/12 "2021-06-24T10:00:27Z")
Hi,
I confirm that this request is not forgotten and is on our roadmap. As creating Drawings is a new feature in Shapr3D we are dedicating time to collect all your input regarding similar customisation options (e.g. like setting custom line width) and we are planning to release these type of features together. To give a better estimate for your question you can expect the rollout of this particular feature around mid Autumn. If you have any other thoughts on this topic don’t hold them back.
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### Author:  [@uber.geek](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/uber.geek)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/2d-drawing-dimension-formatting/11966/13 "2021-06-24T22:20:07Z")
Thanks for the info 🖖
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### Author:  [@regattaguru](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/regattaguru)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/2d-drawing-dimension-formatting/11966/14 "2022-03-07T21:44:42Z")
Any further update on this? It is a standard part of Locale setting on. all operating systems…
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### Author:  [@uber.geek](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/uber.geek)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/2d-drawing-dimension-formatting/11966/15 "2022-03-23T02:07:55Z")
Coming back to check on this as well. And also wanting to mention that it should be pretty straightforward, using localization/internationalization libraries/features (as opposed to some type of string mangling). Is there an expected timeframe for this? Thanks
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### Author:  [@Milind](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Milind)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2022, 2:09am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/2d-drawing-dimension-formatting/11966/16 "2022-06-21T02:09:07Z")
Hi @zoltan.k_Shapr3D
Any updates on this? I love using Shapr3D but am currently forced to export to Fusion360 to make drawings just to have decimal points instead of commas.
Thanks in advance!
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### Author:  [@uber.geek](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/uber.geek)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/2d-drawing-dimension-formatting/11966/17 "2022-09-21T12:04:28Z")
Any update on this? It’s Autumn 2022
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### Author:  [@CurlyBee](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/CurlyBee)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2023, 8:07am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/2d-drawing-dimension-formatting/11966/18 "2023-02-25T08:07:46Z")
Update please? I cannot figure out how to make a decimal point. I thought the comma was a flaw in the system, until I realized that the two numbers after the comma were the same as my measurement.
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### Author:  [@m4rk](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/m4rk)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/2d-drawing-dimension-formatting/11966/19 "2023-02-25T16:35:54Z")
This ☝ Surely it’s just a case of paying attention to the system locale?
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### Author:  [@Jason42](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Jason42)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/2d-drawing-dimension-formatting/11966/20 "2023-05-11T19:40:08Z")
This apparently still hasn’t been fixed. Please fix this Shapr team. Please don’t assume that we’re all in Europe just because we’re using the metric system (which I assume is the origin of this bug).
Interestingly, this seems to be a case of the left hand and right hand not talking to each other internally at Shapr. Notice that the unit selector drop-down seems to acknowledge that a decimal format has a period as a separator, using “3.175” as the example. This is also true in the modeling mode, and sketching mode. Meanwhile, the drawing forces the use of a comma.
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