dimension & units

[19cruthik68]

Does anyone knows what to do if for example I want to draw a line, and then I will get the dimension, the value is not precise to the line that i drew.

What I mean is, if I draw a line whose value is 400 (let us say it is in mm units), and then when i got the dimension linear (DLI command) it is not 400 but i put the line in 400, how am i going to solve it? can you help me thanks..

[ReMark]

How are you drawing the line? Are you doing it by direct distance entry?

How are you getting the distance?

[Stryker1989]

Are you using the OSNAPS to snap the dimension line to the endpoints of the line you have drawn that is 400 units long?

[19cruthik68]

here are the steps that i am doing:


1) L for line command
2) enter
3) pick point
4) type 400
5)enter

after that i will get the dimension

1) type dli command
2) pick from end point to end point of the line
3)enter

but the one that autocad gives is lower than 400.. I forgot the exact value that they give to me when i measured my 400mm line. what i remember is it is lower than 400. help me plssss thanks buddy

[Organic]

Can you upload the file (removing other unnecessary stuff) containing the line here?

[19cruthik68]

I am sorry, the file is very big, containing many layers, and it will take an effin' hours for my effin' desktop to delete those bloody hell things.

[dbroada]

without further details I can only suggest that you don't have ortho on and have drawn your 400 line at a slight angle and you have dimensioned the horizontal length of that line

[19cruthik68]

F8 and F3 is on

[ReMark]

Are you drawing your model space objects "to scale" or full size?

[nestly]

Perhaps your drawing units do not match your dimension units. What is the length of the line in the properties palette?

What is the length shown by the dimension?