Area Command - Strange Results (E+07)

[Anonymous]

When I am using the area command, the result is wrong. It appears a number and then E+07?
How can I get the right area?

[Slawomir_]

Change length UNITS to Decimal or Architectural or etc. Currently you have Scientific.

[carl.coghill]

As already mentioned, you have it set to scientific notation.

FYI

1E+07 is equal to 10 000 000

[Anonymous]

its not scientific. In the drawing units, it is in decimals!

why it appears that way then (E+07)?! 

In general,I always need my units to be in meters. what should I be checking at the very beginning to make sure that all the dimensions are in meters?
whether i will be just measuring or i will be putting the dimensions.  

[Slawomir_ · Accepted solution]

It's precision. Change it to 0.00 for example and try AREA again.

[Anonymous]

Yes it worked. The E+07 disappeared. But why the number doesn't appear in meter square? 57m2?

[Slawomir_]

You use mm units in drawing as far as I remember. Change it to m. By the way you can press mark 'accept as solution' if any post solves your question.

[Anonymous]

I changed it to meter, instead of mm. and still the area doesn't appear in metersquare. any idea?

[Slawomir_]

Use -DWGUNITS command. It allows you to scale entire drawing to desired units. Experiment with it's different options, and you will find this which best suits your needs.

But first: backup your file.