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Dialog Number/Angle Style Dialog

Resetting all preferences to default can
be a drastic step and should be done
with caution.

Dialog Number/Angle Style Dialog
At the bottom of many dialogs, you can click These settings control the format of values
the Number Style button to open the Dialog used in dialogs but do not limit how you
Number/Angle Style dialog. must enter these values. For example, if you
set your Number Style to use Inches, values
The settings in this dialog are global and will display using fractional inches. You can,
control the format of distances, coordinates however, enter values using decimal inches,
and angles of angles in dialog boxes as well inches and feet, or even decimal feet. When
as in the Status Bar. See “The Status Bar” on the dialog you’re typing in updates, the value
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will be converted to fractional inches.

When Imperial units are used, the Fractional Angles can be displayed using one of four
Inches and Feet, Fractional Inches options basic methods:
use fractional inches with denominators of 2, • Degrees/Minutes/Seconds - Measured
4, 8 and 16. A few objects, notably text, counterclockwise from a line drawn hori-
dimensions, and floor, ceiling and wall zontally to the right of the angle’s vertex.
structure layers can be sized using smaller Useful for most drawing tasks. Select the
fractions with larger denominators. level of accuracy that you require.

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