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NOTE You control the precision (the number of decimal places displayed in all
measurements) by using the Advanced Setup wizard or the UNITS command. The
default precision used by Quick Setup is four (0.0000).
Decimal Displays measurements in decimal notation.
Engineering Displays measurements in feet and decimal inches.
Architectural Displays measurements in feet, inches, and fractional inches.
Fractional Displays measurements in mixed-number (integer and fractional)
notation.
Scientific Displays measurements in scientific notation (numbers expressed
in the form of the product of a decimal number between 0 and 10 and a power
of 10).
Area
Indicates the width and length in full-scale units of what you plan to draw.
This setting limits the area of the drawing covered by grid dots when the grid
is turned on. When limits checking is turned on with the LIMITS command,
this setting also restricts the coordinates you can enter to within the rectangular
area. You can change the drawing area and turn limits checking on and off
with the LIMITS command.
Advanced Setup Wizard
Quick Reference
See also:
■ Specify Units and Unit Formats
Defines the units, angle, angle measure, angle direction, and area of your new
drawing.
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