Units and exact fractions

How to type dimensions, which units are supported, and how sizes are kept exact.

Type dimensions the way they are written on a cut list:

You type	Read as
`24`	24
`24.125`	24 1/8
`24 1/8` or `24-1/8`	24 1/8
`7/8`	7/8

Set the job’s Units to inches, feet, millimetres, centimetres or metres. Feet and inches in one value, such as 8' 6", is not supported: enter 102 inches.

Exact, not rounded

Every dimension is stored as a whole number of very small units (1/16 of a micrometre), so fractions of an inch and millimetres are both exact. Nothing rounds between your list and the plan. In the rare case a value needs snapping to that grid, part sizes round up and stock sizes round down, so a part never comes out smaller than you asked or stock larger than you have.