I'm working with Inkscape 1.1 on an iMac running 10.14.6.
I'm working on making a grid that has 4 rows and 7 columns. Each cell is 39mm X 39mm with a 5.3 mm line between the rows.
I've gotten the grid created but I'm running into a problem with the measurement tool reporting incorrect values.
Each line, with the exception of the bottom line has a 5.30mm width, yet the measurement tool is reporting them as 5.10mm. When I hover over one of the lines it shows the correct width of 5.30 mm.
This is normal behaviour. Each tick mark shows an intersection between the measuring tape and a path in your drawing. The long paths defining your vertical bars are 5.1 mm apart. However, your vertical bar has a stroke width of 0.2mm drawn over the path. This visually increases the width by 0.1mm on the left side and 0.1mm on the right side, apparently increasing the overall width by 0.2mm.
Β Open Inkscape Preferences [shift+ctrl+p] then [Tools > Bounding box to use: Geometric bounding box] to ignore stroke widths when calculating distances.
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I'm working with Inkscape 1.1 on an iMac running 10.14.6.
I'm working on making a grid that has 4 rows and 7 columns. Each cell is 39mm X 39mm with a 5.3 mm line between the rows.
I've gotten the grid created but I'm running into a problem with the measurement tool reporting incorrect values.
Each line, with the exception of the bottom line has a 5.30mm width, yet the measurement tool is reporting them as 5.10mm. When I hover over one of the lines it shows the correct width of 5.30 mm.
Is this a bug or am I just reading it wrong.
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This is normal behaviour. Each tick mark shows an intersection between the measuring tape and a path in your drawing. The long paths defining your vertical bars are 5.1 mm apart. However, your vertical bar has a stroke width of 0.2mm drawn over the path. This visually increases the width by 0.1mm on the left side and 0.1mm on the right side, apparently increasing the overall width by 0.2mm.
Β Open Inkscape Preferences [shift+ctrl+p] then [Tools > Bounding box to use: Geometric bounding box] to ignore stroke widths when calculating distances.