Dimensions

[beccals]

My dimensions have all changed and i'm not sure how to alter them back. All lines I draw are very small and when trying to figure out areas I end up with a huge measurement. Not sure what I've done or how to change it

[GE13579]

type D <enter> for dimension style manager.

[GE13579]

For area are you using LIST or AREA?

[beccals]

I'm using AREA. Would LIST be better?

[GE13579]

I don't know exactly what you're after... can you post your drawing?

[beccals]

I cant upload it - the files are too big. But basically I am putting rooms into a building layout and need to measure the area of each room. I am currently using the AREA command and it comes up with 7 or 8 digit areas which isnt right. So I was assuming that there was some problem with my dimensions.

[James]

this is normal, im unsure in acad where the option is to edit the area units to say m2 rather than the huge number it comes out with.

[beccals]

How can you figure out the m2 from the huge number?

[GE13579]

1m² = 10,000cm² = 1,000,000mm²

(sorry about the commas following recent posts, but they're just 000 separators in this instance )

Therefore /1000000 if your units are in mm.

[beccals]

Thank you!