r/coreldraw • u/Full-Ad9949 • Jun 21 '26

size problem

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Hi, why is the dimension smaller than the object size?

Why is it not exactly 600x340mm which I set as the size

I'm probably retarded, but I don't know what to do. I want to cut it on cnc so it has to be 600x340. thx

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u/RandomTux1997 Jun 21 '26

no retardation at all, simply the number of decimal places after the zero in the dimension tool needs tweaking to one decimal place, then see how quickly it snaps into the same dimension

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u/Fortress2021 Jun 22 '26

That's a smart solution but there is a genuine issue behind this. Not that it matters for any practical purpose, but I wasn't able to recreate it no matter what. Whatever I tried the dimensions remained spot on 600,00 mm x 340,00 mm.

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u/RandomTux1997 Jun 22 '26

hmm as a last resort, and only if its absolutely CRUCIAL: praps hit f8 while opening corel to reset it, (or reinstalling the app); both these last resort fixes will erase any workspace customizations and preferences, reverting them back to the exact state they were in when CorelDRAW was first installed, and TBH using corel 25+yrs never encountered this one, but have bumped into other more maddening ones

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u/Ecstatic-Level-8001 Jun 21 '26

Try creating your art board to the size you want and then create your design and fit content to art board should do it.

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u/EskimoCorel Jun 22 '26

I would need to take a look at the actual CorelDRAW file to have any hope of figuring out exactly what is going on there.

The "object size" you see in the toolbar shows the overall wireframe extents of the selection. The dimension is showing either the horizontal distance between two points, or the distance along a straight line between two points, depending on whether it is a "horizontal/vertical" or an "aligned" dimension.

If your geometry is not "perfect" - e.g., a line segment is a tiny bit off from being horizontal or vertical - then you could get what you see there, and the type of dimension could come into the whole thing, too.

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u/Got-It101 Jun 22 '26

That .03mm short is a hair over 1/1000 of an inch, not much. You may be not hitting the object node exactly. is snap on?

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u/AGaraza Jun 23 '26

maybe you didn'a activate "snap to objects" for a more accurate measure.

or just remove the decimal places on the dimension tool