Cal

Displays the operating system Calculator.

Accessing the Command

command bar: cal

transparent: 'cal

: Cal

Displays a dialog box (Windows 7):

Enter numbers and operations, and then press =.

For scientific calculations, choose View | Scientific.

To close the calculator, click X.

Command Options

Option

Description

Edit

Copy - copies results to the Clipboard, which can be pasted to BricsCAD's command bar.

Paste - pastes numbers from the Clipboard into the Calculator.

View

Standard - displays basic calculator.

Scientific - displays scientific calculator.

In Scientific mode, Calculator is precise to 32 significant digits.
Calculator honors operator precedence when calculating in Scientific mode.

Programmer - displays programmer calculator.

In Programmer mode, Calculator is precise up to 64 bits, depending on the word size that you've selected.
Calculator honors operator precedence when calculating in Programmer mode.
Programmer mode is an integer only mode. Decimal portions are discarded.

Statistics - displays statistics calculator.

When you use Statistics mode, you can enter the data that you want to calculate statistics for and then perform the calculations. When you enter the data, it's displayed in the history area and the number of values you have entered is displayed in the calculation area.

Digit Grouping - adds the Digit grouping symbol to separate thousands, e.g. 1,234,456.

See the Windows Region and Language / Additional settings) to define the Digit grouping symbol.

Related Commands

Shell - access the command prompt of the operating system; runs Windows programs.

Files - displays the operating system's File Manager.