j4cksincl4ir Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 This seems a stupid question. I am trying to offset two angled walls to 3800mm. When I check the distance by measuring perpendicular between the lines, I get a different distance such as 2217mm. Should I not be offsetting walls even though they are at 90 degrees to each other? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Offset should offset. The usual - Attach your file here. Does this happen in any file or only the file you are working on at the moment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j4cksincl4ir Posted August 25, 2013 Author Share Posted August 25, 2013 I have never noticed it before so only on this file. I finished drawing a floor and I was checking my room sizes to be shocked that I am out by 500mm in places. I keep getting error messages when I try to upload the file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Do the error messages say anything? How big is the file (only need the two lines you are measuring). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j4cksincl4ir Posted August 27, 2013 Author Share Posted August 27, 2013 cadtutorupload.dwg I have deleted a lot of the file's content so that I can upload. What you'll see is the a basement and ground floor plan. To the left, I drew a line and tried to offset it by 3600mm. When I come to check this, the distance between the centre points of the lines is x = 2217, y = -3086. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 yeah, the X and Y distances are as you say, but the actual point-to-point distance is 3800. Do you have more than one line in the commandline visable? There's more info there than just the X and Y when you do a DIST-command. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j4cksincl4ir Posted August 27, 2013 Author Share Posted August 27, 2013 I checked and the rest of the command line wasn't visible. For some reason "DISTANCE" wasn't showing about DELTA x etc. Thanks for that. I was getting worried about this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Always worrying when a programs seems to calculate wrong... Glad you figured it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I checked and the rest of the command line wasn't visible. F2 to see command line history or stretch the command line to show more lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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