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Dimension Defaults Dialog

• Specify the 1st Line Offset, which is the • Grid Rounding ensures that the sum of
distance between each wall and the near- the parts of a dimension line add up to the
est Automatic Dimension line that mea- whole distance. To produce this result,
sures its length in plan inches (mm). some sections may not be rounded accu-
rately. This is the recommended rounding
3 Specify the use and appearance of method and is selected by default.
Rounded Value Indicators, which can
display when the degree of accuracy in use is • Distance Rounding addresses each sec-
not sufficient to describe a dimension’s true tion of a dimension line individually,
value. which could result in the sum of these
sections not being equal to the whole.
• Check + or - After Number to indicate This option is selected by default for files
that the actual dimension value is higher created in Version 8 or prior but is not
or lower than the value shown.
recommended for newer files. See “Com-
• Check ~ Before Number to indicate patibility With Previous Versions” on
dimension values that are not accurate page 445.
with the ~ symbol.

4 Rounding Method - Specify how the To avoid the appearance of inaccuracy
sections of dimension lines that locate that rounding may cause, draw with
more than two objects are rounded. Grid Snaps enabled and place objects in your
plan using the same accuracy as your dimen-
sions. See “Grid Snaps” on page 172.

Primary Format Panel
The settings on the PRIMARY FORMAT panel These settings are also similar to those on the
allow you to specify the units, position, and INNER, OUTER, and MARKER FORMAT panels
degree of accuracy of dimension numbers. of the Auto Story Pole Dimension Defaults
The settings on this panel also control the and Dimension Line Specification dialogs.
format of object length numbers in the Status See “Auto Elevation Dimension Defaults” on
Bar. See “The Status Bar” on page 43. page 459.
These settings are the same as those on the In addition to these Primary dimension
PRIMARY FORMAT panel of the Dimension numbers, you can display a set of Secondary
Line Specification dialog and the DIMEN- dimension numbers that indicate the
SION FORMAT panel of the Room Label dimension’s length using different units,
Defaults dialog. See “Dimension Line degree of acuracy, and/or location.
Specification Dialog” on page 481 and
“Room Label Defaults” on page 414.

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