Layout Dimensions continually converting to paper length

Looks like the same video as before.

BTW, I was thinking about your dimension method. There’s a better way.

In your case, if you are giving the contractor a ±1/4 in. tolerance for the dimensions, your chained dimensions can result in a fairly huge error. Working from right to left, the door can be anywhere from 3’-10 1/4" to 3’-10 3/4" from the corner. And then the first window can be anywhere between 6’-0" and 6’-1/2" from the center of the door and the next window can be anywhere between 5’-8 1/4" and 5’-8 3/4" from the first one. By the time you get to the left hand corner, that 3’-9" dimension you show could wind up being somewhere between 3’8 1/2" and 3’10" and still meet the print and the 19’4 1/2" dimension. Your 3’-9" dimension must then have a greated than ±1/4 in. tolerance. Each dimension uses the center of the previous opening as the datum.

A better way to dimension this and wind up with the actual built more closely to the way you design it is to dimension the centers of the openings to a single datum. In my example, below, I’m using the right hand corner. With this dimensioning and the same ±1/4 in. tolerance, each opening will be much closer to where you designed it to be. This method does not create a conflicting dimension, either. It would also be easier for the builder to mark out because the have something to hook their tape measure to for all of those dimensions.

True, here is the actual video, sorry