The following property settings control the behavior of measurement templates and sets throughout the system.

You can set the default unit of measure for templates and sets in the system using a property setting. The basic form of this property setting is:

By default, templates and sets use inches as the default unit of measure. The value of the property setting is si.Length.in.

You can change the default unit of measure for measurement templates and sets by changing the value of the property to:

For example, if you want the default UOM to be centimeters, set the value of the property to si.Length.cm:

For measurement abbreviations and units of measure to use in the standard measurement abbreviation variable, see Unit of Measure Attributes.

The quick search function allows you to search the POM library while working with measurement and grade rule templates. You can define multiple prefix and internal name combinations that are searched against. The basic form of the property setting for this feature is:

By default, the quick search for POMs searches against either the measurementName or the number attribute for the POM. The measurementName attribute is searched against when you are in the Name column, and the number attribute is searched against when you are in the Number column.

To define multiple internal names that are searched against while still maintaining the default internal names, specify a prefix for each additional internal name. The additional prefixes and their corresponding internal names are appended to the end of the default property setting and separated by a comma in the form of: Prefix:Name.

In the following example, the prefix PR indicates that the quick search function searches against the internal name of placementReference, and the prefix PA indicates that it searches against the internal name of placementAmount.