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precision of coordinates

Posted: 13 Dec 2006, 12:46
by branka
Could you please tell me in what precision (how many decimal places) are coordinates in autocad files

Posted: 13 Dec 2006, 13:31
by AlexUS
Hi branka
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Could you please tell me in what precision (how many decimal places) are coordinates in autocad files<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
I think that 12 decimal places.

Posted: 13 Dec 2006, 15:09
by support
Hello,

<ol type="1"><li>Run <b>AutoCAD</b>. </li>
<li>Select <b>Format > Units...</b> menu item.</li>
<li>Arisen <b>Drawing Units</b> dialog box defines the unit and angle formats. </li>
<li>Section <b>Length</b> specifies the current unit of measurement and the precision for the current units. </li>
<li>Select type <b>Decimal</b>.</li>
<li><b>Precision</b> dropdown list allows defining eight digits precision maximum.</li></ol id="1">
Sergey.



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Posted: 13 Dec 2006, 15:36
by branka
Thanks a lot