Select Change system of units in the top-level Ansys Polymat menu.

  Change system of units

Ansys Polymat will show a menu that includes the current units for length, mass, time, temperature, and electric current.

Specify the system of units that you are currently using for material data. By default, the current system is MKSA + Kelvin unit for temperature. If you have been entering inputs using a different unit system (for example, if you have been entering values based on a mass unit of grams instead of kilograms), then you need to modify the current system to ensure that your past inputs are converted properly to the new unit system.

1. Select Define current system of Units

     Define current system of Units

   (Note that this menu item is called Modify current system of Units if you have selected it before.)

   The new menu presents a set of common systems of units. Select the system that corresponds to your system of units. The standard systems are:

   • American #1, using inch, pound, second, Ampere and Fahrenheit units

   • American #2, using feet, pound, second, Ampere and Fahrenheit units

   • Metric #1, using millimeter, gram, second, milliAmpere and Celsius units

   • Metric #2, using centimeter, gram, second, Ampere and Celsius units (CGSA + Celsius)

   • Metric #3, using meter, kilogram, second, Ampere and Celsius units (MKSA + Celsius)

   • Metric #4, using meter, kilogram, second, Ampere and Kelvin units (MKSA + Kelvin, the default system)

2. If none of the options corresponds to your case, select each quantity to be modified and choose its correct unit.

3. When you are done defining units, select Upper level menu and review the current system of units.

   Your current system of units will be named user defined system in the comment part of the menu if it does not correspond to a standard system. If you want to return to a standard system, then select it in the menu.

Specify the system of units to which you want to convert your inputs (and continue to use for subsequent inputs after the conversion).

1. Select Define new system of Units.

     Define new system of Units

   (Note that this menu item will be called Modify new system of Units if you have selected it before.)

   The new menu presents the same set of common systems of units as described above. If one of the common systems corresponds to your system, then select it.

2. If none of the options corresponds to your case, select each quantity to be modified and choose its unit.

3. When you are done defining units, select Upper level menu and review the new system of units. Your new system of units will be named user defined system in the comment part of the menu if it does not correspond to a standard system. If you want to return to a standard system, then select it in the menu.

Convert from the current system of units to the new system.

  RUN

Ansys Polymat will convert the units, and open a separate window to report the progress and any errors or other messages.

Press the Return key on your keyboard to close the window. Ansys Polymat will then ask you to confirm that you want to change to the new unit system.

Click Yes to accept the new unit system (or click No to return to the original system of units).