Site Dimensions Showing Incorrect Measurement, but Size is Correct in Properties Panel

Or your dimensions appear to be rounding up or down, as pictured to the left.

2. Click at one end of the object you're trying to dimension, then click at the other.

You'll see the correct distance you just measured as a Distance entry in the Command line.

Keep this distance in mind when correcting the dimension, as the corrected dimension should reflect this distance.

4. In the Dimension Style Manager, select the current DimStyle and click Modify.

In the Modify Dimension Style dialog box, select the Primary Units tab, and check the following settings:

• Unit format: Verify that this menu is set correctly. For example, if you're working in Architectural units, make sure the menu is set to Architectural.

• Round off: This menu should be set to 0 (or 0.0, 0.0000, etc.). If it isn't, set it to 0.

The Round off setting causes dimensions to be rounded up or down to the nearest increment it's set to, as in the second example at the top of this page, where a 1.34-inc dimension is being rounded up to 1.5 inches. When it's set to 0, dimensions will appear at their exact value.

• Scale factor: Verify that this setting is correct. In this example, the Scale factor menu is set to 12, which is multiplying dimensions by 12 unnecessarily.

If the Scale factor menu is set incorrectly, change it to the correct value. In our example, we'd need to set the Scale factor to 1.

Click OK to save the change.