Aim

In this tutorial, you will be entering the unit conversion factors for the quantity acceleration.

Procedure

The unit $//<![CDATA[ \begin{array}{l}m/s^2\end{array} //]]>$ (meters per second squared) will be used as the SI base unit, and entering the conversion factors to convert all acceleration units to the SI base unit. With this information, the CPT Tool can convert a value in any acceleration unit to another by multiplying the value by the conversion factor to $//<![CDATA[ \begin{array}{l}m/s^2\end{array} //]]>$, then converting the result to the desired unit by multiplying the value by the inverse of the conversion factor of the desired unit to the $//<![CDATA[ \begin{array}{l}m/s^2\end{array} //]]>$.

1. Go to DATA DESIGN | Lookup Lists, and select DG_COM_UNIT_QUANTITY. Enter Acceleration for the text column in a new row, and click Save.
   

2. Go to DATA DESIGN | Library Data, and select Field units from the yellow drop down list. Enter the following values in the table and click Save.

   Name	Description
   cm/s2	centimetres per second squared
   in/s2	inches per second squared
   ft/s2	feet per second squared
   g0	free fall (gravity)
   m/s2	metres per second squared
   mm/s2	Millimetres per second squared

3. Go to DATA DESIGN | Library Data, and select DG_COM_UNIT_CONVERSION from the yellow drop down list. Enter the following values in the table and click Save.

   Source Unit	Formatted Source Unit	Source Unit Description	Source to SI Conversion Factor	SI Unit
   cm/s2	cm/s<<SUP>>2<<SUP>>	centimetres per second squared	0.01	m/s2
   in/s2	in/s<<SUP>>2<<SUP>>	inches per second squared	0.0254	m/s2
   ft/s2	ft/s<<SUP>>2<<SUP>>	feet per second squared	0.3047987	m/s2
   g0	g<<SUP>>0<<SUP>>	free fall (gravity)	9.80665	m/s2
   m/s2	m/s<<SUP>>2<<SUP>>	metres per second squared	1	m/s2
   mm/s2	mm/s<<SUP>>2<<SUP>>	millimetres per second squared	0.001	m/s2

4. For each of the newly added rows above, enter metres per second squared in the SI_Unit_Description column and Acceleration in the Quantity column. Your screen should look similar to the following:
   
5. Click Save.