Displaying Dimension Names |
By default, results are displayed in terms of unit names, not dimensions, such as m, kg, s, A, K, cd, and mole. To change this to something like meter, kilo, s and degrees:
Choose Worksheet Options from the Tools menu and click on the Dimensions tab.
Check the "Display dimensions" check box.
Type any desired dimension name changes in the text boxes, or accept the default names.
Units of each dimension type are converted into the base dimension for your unit system. A dimension is a way of tagging numbers so you can keep better track of them. Or you can choose to define your own system of units.
For some engineering units (such as hp, cal, BTU, and Hz) Mathcad adopts one common definition for the unit name but allows you to insert one of several alternative unit names, corresponding to alternative definitions of that unit, in your results. In the case of horsepower, for example, Mathcad uses the U.K. definition of the unit hp but gives you several variants, such as water horsepower, metric horsepower, boiler horsepower, and electric horsepower.