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--- rhino:faq:formuals-in-dimension [2026/02/04]
dale [Answer:]
+++ rhino:faq:formuals-in-dimension [2026/02/05] (current)
maryfugier [Try these:]
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-Try these:
+==== Try these: ====
 ^ Operation ^ Example ^ Description ^
-|Multiplication|<nowiki>%<<>*2>%</nowiki>|Multiplies <> by n|
+|Addition |<nowiki>%<(<>+2)>%</nowiki>|Adds <> and n|
-|Division (Float) |<nowiki>%<<>/2>%</nowiki>|Divides <> by n|
+|Subtraction |<nowiki>%<(<>-2)>%</nowiki>|Subtracts <> by n|
-|Subtraction |<nowiki>%<<>-2>%</nowiki>|Subtracts <> and n|
+|Multiplication|<nowiki>%<(<>*2)>%</nowiki>|Multiplies <> by n|
-|Addition |<nowiki>%<<>+2>%</nowiki>|Adds <> and n|
+|Division (Float) |<nowiki>%<(<>/2)>%</nowiki>|Divides <> by n|
-|Square|<nowiki>%<(<>**2)>%</nowiki>|Computes the square root of <>|
+|Division (Floor)|<nowiki>%<(<>//2)>%</nowiki>|Divides <> by n, rounds down to nearest integer|
-|Power|<nowiki>%<(<>**X)>%</nowiki>|Raises <> to the nth power|
+|Division (Ceiling)|<nowiki>%<(-(<>//-2))>%</nowiki>|Divides <> by n, rounds up to nearest integer|
+|Modulus|<nowiki>%<(<>%2)>%</nowiki>|Divides <> by n, returns remainder|
+|Power|<nowiki>%<(<>**3)>%</nowiki>|Raises <> to the nth power|
+|Square|<nowiki>%<(<>**2)>%</nowiki>|Computes the square of <>|
 |Square Root|<nowiki>%<(<>**0.5)>%</nowiki>|Computes the square root of <>|
-|Division (Integer)|<nowiki>%<(<>//2)>%</nowiki>|Divides <> by n|
+|DimText + TextField|<nowiki>%<'{:.3f}'.format( <> * float(DetailScale("GUID","Noformatting")) )>%</nowiki>|Computes the value with DimText and a TextField|
-|Modulus|<nowiki>%<(<>//2)>%</nowiki>|Divides <> by n, returns remainder|
+==== Notes ====
+  * The entire formula needs to be wrapped in **%< >%** to be computed as a function. Otherwise it's just text string.
+  * Detail scale returns a mix of numbers and text so we need to convert it to a decimal number first. "float" tells python to convert the text into a floating point number. Once that happens you can use math functions on it.
+     * <nowiki>%<'{:.3f}'.format( <> * float(DetailScale("GUID","Noformatting")) )>%</nowiki>
+     * If you dont care about formatting the number of places after the decimal point then you can drop the '{:.3f}'.format .
+  * The "Noformatting" isn't parsed, so it's the same as just putting ""
+     * %< <> * float(DetailScale("GUID","")) >%

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