archie16 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I am having trouble with drawing lines in decimal. My length is Decimal, insertion scale is feet. So say I wanted to enter 21 inches in feet. I just click to draw my line, then use 21/12 as my input for length. That works fine. But when I have a line that I want drawn at 21.5" (I enter 21.5/12), it won't work, saying point or option keyword required. I feel like there is a very basic answer to this and I'm searching for answers with the wrong keywords I believe. What am I missing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkent Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Either type 215/120 or (/ 21.5 12) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie16 Posted March 14, 2012 Author Share Posted March 14, 2012 Excellent, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkent Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Welcome. And if using (/ 21.5 12) format, when you want to divide whole numbers be sure to add a .0 to one of the numbers to prevent rounding. So if you had (/ 21 12) you would get 1, you have to format like (/ 21.0 12), or (/ 21 12.0) to get 1.75. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_borec Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Acad doesn't like using decimals with fractions in the command line. It sees the '/' symbol as a fraction. It stems from the 'beginning' with Acad. The (/ *** ***) utilizes the calculate function in Acad. Hope that was clear enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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