Dimension discrepancy

January 24

Hi,

These are snips off the same drawing, left and right hand side.

What are the actual dimensions in this case?

Thanks!

Edited January 24 by Discus84

January 24

Can you post a dwg please.

January 27

Rounding errors. Each or maybe just one, is off just enough to round down to 25.025 instead of being 25.026 which is the correct total.

January 28

I'm curious. What are your units of measure?

January 29

Snapping to an object I would expect this(snap points no the same). The totals snap to the dimension extensions though, not to objects in drawing.

This is in inches.

January 29

Go into your OPTIONS, and on the Drafting tab click on IGNORE DIMENSION EXTENSION LINES.

In your OSNAP Settings you may want to turn off NODE snap also.

I am surprised to see that your precision is set to thousandths of an INCH.

Which just makes it that much easier to experience sub microscopic issues

with your dimensions. As a finish carpenter of many years in the States,

and running a steel production shop in Indonesia?

Might I suggest that you choose either fractions of an inch,

when setting up your Dimension Style, or at least lower the Precision setting

Despite being a certifiable tool junkie, in numerous different tool disciplines,

for at least the last 50 years? I have yet to see a tape measure, by Starrett, Bridge City Tools,

or anybody else with thousandths of an inch markings. Off the top of my head...a thousandth of a meter

is about 1/25th of an inch. Dimensions which are not real world compatible

are going to cause unexpected and unnecessary problems.

You may be an Opthalmologist?

If so? I apologize perhaps I have spoken out of turn.

I've not yet been bitten by that particular Tool Bug.

Never say never.

Edited February 3 by Dadgad
screenshot added and further elucidation

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