When I measure a part I am designing for extrusion, I receive the tilde on some parts of the model. I directly enter in all my lengths, but I am looking to make the dimension tool precise no matter how small the fraction or decimal. For instance I may use 71/128 and the measurement tools then says 9/16 with the tilde. How do I have it give back exact dimensions instead (increase accuracy)? Thanks in advance…
As @bmike showed, you can control what fraction denominator or number of decimal places is shown in the display of lengths (the precision), but it can’t be set smaller than 1/64 or 0.000000. The tilde doesn’t mean that the length has no exact value, only that the true value isn’t showable given your choice of precision. Because computer arithmetic is inexact, the designers of SketchUp chose to limit the precision supported to what an architect would consider negligible. 1/128 isn’t a choice.
Very helpful thank you! So for more precision, looks I will need to use decimal.
Thank you, makes sense. I tried searching this before and everyone kept talking about typing your dimensions instead of snapping. I was trying to understand how to get precise measurements back not drawing it. I could believe it couldn’t provide me the actual number because it has to know precisely what it is. Going to use decimal to get the accuracy. Thanks again.