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The settings here are similar to those found • Check Thousands Separator to use a
on the DIMENSION FORMAT panel of the thousands separator for values greater
Room Label Defaults dialog and the FOR- than 999.
MAT panels of the Dimension Defaults • Select the Use Comma or Use Dot radio
dialog. See “Primary Format Panel” on page button to use a comma or a dot as the
449. thousands separator. See “Region and
Language Settings” on page 87.
• Select the Use Space radio button to use
a space as the thousands separator.
2 Specify the degree of Accuracy used
by dimension numbers. When Smallest
Fraction is selected, additional settings are
available, below.
• Select the Decimal Places radio button
for length indicators in decimal format.
In the text field, specify the number of
decimal places to use, from 0 to 20. If 0 is
used, no decimal places are used.
• Select the Smallest Fraction radio but-
ton for length indicators using whole
numbers and fractions. In the text field,
specify the largest denominator to use,
from 1 to 128. If 1 is entered, whole num-
bers are used. When Smallest Fraction is
1 Specify the numbering Format for selected, the settings that follow are
CAD line length indicators. available:
• Select the Units of measurement to be • Uncheck Show Denominator to turn off
used by line length indicators from the the display of fraction denominators used
drop-down list. by line length indicators. Denominators
are typically only turned off when eighths
• Check Unit Indicators to display the unit are desired.
of measurement along with the dimen-
sion number. • Uncheck Reduce Fractions to always
use the denominator specified above.
• Check Leading Zeros to display the zero
before a decimal less than 1 or to display When checked, the lowest possible
0’ or 0” when the ft-in or ’-” unit formats denominator will be used and the two
options below will be available.
are used.
• Select the Greatest Common Divisor
• Check Trailing Zeros to display trailing radio button to reduce fractions using the
zeros at the end of decimal values.
largest value that divides equally into the

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