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[IDV #MAU-698869]: formula to change units

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  • Subject: [IDV #MAU-698869]: formula to change units
  • Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:03:19 -0700
Hi Tom-

> regarding the "change unit" formula...
> 
> When I do a display of "image over topography" in order to show a 3D
> "image" by using the "Change unit" formula to specify "m" for the unit
> of the image and give it a name "Temperature", the vertical scale on
> the display is still labelled "Altitude(m)".  User wants to know if
> there is a way to change the label (she is particular!) to use the
> word "Temperature" she specified as the "unit name".

No, it's hard coded to be Altitude.  You can have multiple things mapped 
to the "Altitude" axis.  There is only one AxisScale that
is used to label the vertical dimension at this point, not one for
each thing mapped to that Axis.

We do need to revisit this for cross sections and other displays with
vertical scales, so at that point we can take a look.  We need a better
scale in the main display anyway.  Usually it's unreadable.

Don

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: MAU-698869
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open