Dimensioning problems
I am assuming that the description you gave are the settings in the Dimension Style you are using for your dimensions.
What are your Units settings, specifically, to what value is the linear precision set? If your linear precision is set to 1/8", 1/4" or higher, the DIST command and the Properties palette will display linear dimensions rounded to that precision. If items are placed in an imprecise manner, then even though the DIST command indicates that a reference point on that item is 5'-0" away from another reference, when you dimension those same references, it could easily read 5'-0 1/32" or 4'-11 15/16".
I like setting imperial drawings to Engineering units (feet, inches and decimal inches) with a precision of at least five decimal places, to make it easy to catch things that are slightly off, and fix them before that error snowballs as other objects are placed relative to the inaccurately placed one.
Hi @Anonymous,
Thank you for posting your question here in the community.
Could you post a file for us to analyze?
Perhaps there is a setting or workflow issue we could identify by taking a look at a file where the issue is occurring.
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I looked at your drawing, and the issue is similar to what I had previously said.
Your FlrDoor-Window dimension style has a precision of 1/32" and a roundoff of 0 (to eight decimal places).
Your drawing units have a linear type of Architectural (feet, inches and fractional inches) and a linear precision of 1/16".
The two windows that flank the fireplace have a dimensioned distance of 12'-4 7/32".
Using the DIST command, the reported distance is 12'-4 1/4".
Changing the draiwng units to Engineering (feet, inches and decimal inches) and setting the linear precision to eight decimal places, the DIST command reports a distance of 12'-4.214875000". That is exactly 12'-4 7/32", so the dimension is behaving as expected. That is exactly half-way between 12'-4 3/16" and 12'-4 1/14", so it gets rounded up to 12'-4 1/14" by the DIST command when the linear drawing units are set to Architectural with a precision of 1/16". So the DIST command is behaving as expected.
There is no problem here, other than in the selection of drawing units or the precision with which the objects were placed. If you do not want a dimension that contains thirty-seconds of an inch, do not place objects exactly an odd number of thirty seconds of an inch apart. If you want the DIST command to tell you when objects have been placed that way, increase the precision of the linear drawing units to at least 1/32".
@Anonymous wrote:
Forgive me if i'm not understanding completely....when placing windows/doors/etc. we are not placing them at an odd (1/32") dimension. We are placing them at an 'even' dimension. So if i'm placing a window at 5'-0", why is it dimensioning at a 1/32" off? And why is this not on every drawing?
How are you assuring that you are placing a Window at 5'-0" from some reference point? Are you typing the exact distance as a relative distance from the reference point, or are you "eyeballing" a number in a temporary dimension or in the coordinates display? If you are typing in the exact distance, are you using ORTHO or POLAR tracking, or typing in an explicit angle, to be certain that the distance typed is being applied in the desired direction?
You may not believe you are placing items in odd 1/32's of an inch, and perhaps you are not doing so every time, but the two windows in your posted file were that way. Are your drawing units the same (1/16" precision) in your other drawings? Could SNAP be turned on there, with a relatively large spacing, that would make it impossible to enter a distance with odd 1/32" of an inch by clicking two points, in the files that do not have this problem?